Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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16,095 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-385 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
Servatius v. Ryals

civil contempt; child support; compliance arrears

, Court of Appeals , COA18-527 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Baker

Presentment; Indictment; Simultaneous; Section 15A-641

, Court of Appeals , COA18-250 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Byers

Post-conviction DNA Testing; Materiality; Inventory of Biological Evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-234 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Coley

Self-defense; defense of habitation; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; warning shot; no intent to kill.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-565 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Godfrey

sex offense with a child; prior acts testimony; Rule 403

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1245 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Heelan

Actual child victim not required to sustain an attempt conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child; motions to dismiss charges of indecent liberties and of child solicitation by computer for insufficiency of evidence that the defendant believed an adult undercover office posing as a minor was actually an underage female; alleged improper prosecutorial questioning; satellite-based monitoring (SBM)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1237 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Holmes

First-degree murder; instruction on lesser-included offenses; relevance; closing arguments; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA16-398-2 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Hyman

Motion for appropriate relief (MAR); ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC); successive or simultaneous representation of clients; alleged dual-representation conflicts.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-1337 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Piland

Fourth Amendment; enhancement provision; expert testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA18-21 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Pless

pretrial identification, expert testimony, substitute expert

, Court of Appeals , COA18-202 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Seam

Eighth Amendment; N.C. Const. Art. I, § 27; gross disproportionality; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.19B(a)(1); Miller v. Alabama; ex post facto law

, Court of Appeals , COA18-416 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Shuler

Case description: Statutory Sex Offense; Indictment; Facially Defective; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-144.2; Identify Victim

, Court of Appeals , COA18-375 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
State v. Wirt

constructive possession; driver of a vehicle; jury instructions; sufficiency of evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA18-410 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Walton v. Walton

Alimony; inputed income, bad faith, ability to pay, part-time job; reasonable expenses.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-524 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Watson v. Joyner-Watson

Reconciliation of Chapters 28A and 50; jurisdiction over equitable distribution action following former spouse's death; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 12(b)(1)

, Court of Appeals , COA18-341 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Watson v. Watson

Equitable distribution of survivor benefit plan (SBP) annuities to former spouse; requirements for deemed election; 10 U.S.C. 1448

, Supreme Court , 128A18 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Azure Dolphin, LLC v. Barton

Appeal from final judgment of North Carolina Business Court granting defendants' motion to dismiss all claims under Civil Procedure Rule 12 and from interlocutory order denying plaintiffs' motion to file a second amended complaint.

, Supreme Court , 56PA17 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Corwin v. British Am. Tobacco PLC

Whether a minority stockholder of a North Carolina corporation owed fiduciary duties to its fellow stockholders.