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In re Johnson
Appeal from final judgment of N.C. Business Court denying CPA's petition for judicial review of N.C. Board of CPA Examiners' final agency decision imposing disciplinary action on petitioner and her CPA firm.
Quality Built Homes Inc. v. Town of Carthage
Whether developers' claims against a municipality for a refund of illegally assessed water and sewer impact fees are barred by the statute of limitations or the doctrine of estoppel by acceptance of benefits.
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. NC WARN
Appeal from Utilities Commission order declaring that NC WARN acts as a 'public utility' when it sells to a single nonprofit customer electricity produced for that customer from solar panels placed at no cost on the customer's property.
State v. Dunston
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.
State v. James
Following defendant's conviction for committing first-degree murder when he was a juvenile, defendant was mandatorily sentenced to life imprisonment without parole; after U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that sentences such as defendant's are unconstitutional, the trial court held a resentencing hearing and imposed another sentence of life without parole; whether the resentencing statutes enacted in response to Miller (N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.19A to -1340.19D) are unconstitutional.
State v. Reed
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of misdemeanor child abuse and contributing to the neglect of a juvenile to survive defendant's motion to dismiss; whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to intervene ex mero motu during the State's closing arguments because of the State's alleged misuse of properly admitted Rule 404(b) evidence.
State v. Varner
Whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant's request to give a jury instruction defining 'moderate punishment' at his trial for physically abusing his minor son.
State v. Yisrael
Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence.
Swan Beach Corolla, L.L.C. v. County of Currituck
Declaratory judgment action by landowners to establish their vested rights to develop their property as originally shown in a plat approved by defendants and filed with the Register of Deeds; whether the trial court erred by denying defendants' motion to set aside entry of default and by entering default judgment for plaintiffs.
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed May 1, 2018
In re: I.W.P.
Juvenile delinquency; Disorderly conduct; Sufficiency of the evidence; Section 7B-2411; Section 7B-2501(c); Delegation of authority.
Ingram v. Henderson Cty. Hosp. Corp., Inc.
Medical malpractice, admission of clinical studies, preclusion of testimony regarding standard of care, Rule 9(j) exclusion of evidence,
Lambert v. Town of Sylva
directed verdict, Rule 50, governmental immunity, joinder of necessary parties
Penegar v. United Parcel Serv.
Last injurious exposure; Average weekly wage calculation; North Carolina Full Industrial Commission authority to amend an award
Porter v. Beaverdam Run Condo. Ass'n
Declaratory judgment action; North Carolina Condominium Act; condominium owners? association?s duty to maintain insurance coverage on the common elements of a condominium community
State v. Daniel
Driving while impaired, probable cause, motion to suppress, swerving
State v. Eldred
Motion to Dismiss; Driving while Impaired; Sufficiency of the evidence
State v. Gray
Rule 702(a), controlled substances, reliability of experts and methods
State v. Hines
Corpus Delicti Rule; DWI; Motion to Dismiss
State v. Lewis
Search Warrant; Probable Cause; Insufficient Facts in Warrant Application and Affidavit