Appellate Court Opinions

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15,837 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-328 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Norman v. NC Dep't of Admin.

Summary judgment; Title VII; employment discrimination and retaliation; sexual harassment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-308 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
Spoor v. Barth

Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal based on statutes-of-limitation grounds; Rule 15(a) denial of a motion to amend on futility grounds; Rule 41(a) voluntary dismissal; Rule 10(c) incorporation by reference of individual claims to derivative claim; Rule 15(c) relation back; law-of-the-case doctrine

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1404-3 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v Campbell

Rule 2, fatal variance & indictment, motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA17-579 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Bridges

Possession of Controlled Substances, Evidence of Nature of Controlled Substance, Chemical Analysis, Defendant Admission of the Nature of a Controlled Substance, State's Burden of Proof

, Court of Appeals , COA17-470 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Coley

PWISD marijuana; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence; 11.5 grams marijuana, digital scale, and sandwich bags; defective notice of appeal; North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure 4(a) and 21(a)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-350 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Cromartie

Resisting Public Officer; Sufficiency of Evidence; Double Jeopardy

, Court of Appeals , COA16-987 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Golder

Indictment; Sufficient Evidence; Aiding and Abetting; Obtaining Property by False Pretenses; Unlicensed Bail Bonding

, Court of Appeals , COA17-438 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Gomola

Involuntary manslaughter conviction based on commission of the ?unlawful act? of affray; jury instructions; defense of others as a defense to an unlawful act; self-defense.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-816 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. McCaster

Probation; consent of defendant; failure to process; notice of revocation hearing; subject matter jurisdiction.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-481 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v. Mumma

Second-Degree Murder; Aggressor Doctrine; Closing Argument

, Court of Appeals , COA17-743 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Peed

Probation, Revocation, Voluntary Extensions, Mootness, Adverse Consequences, Medical, Psychological, and/or substance Abuse Treatment

, Court of Appeals , COA17-247 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Phachoumphone

Authorization of remote testimony of child victim under N.C.G.S. 15A-1225.1; first-degree sexual offense with a child; indecent liberties with a child; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; improper closing argument

, Court of Appeals , COA17-668 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Singletary

Mandate from Court of Appeals issues upon transmittal to the lower court, not on receipt by lower court

, Court of Appeals , COA17-268 (Judge Rick Elmore) , Published
State v. Terrell

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; applying the private-search exception to the warrant requirement to an electronic storage device; whether a follow-up police search for potential contraband data on a privately searched thumb drive was lawful under the private-search doctrine; whether excising tainted allegations from an application still supplied probable cause to issue the search warrant.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-524 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Vetter

Domestic criminal trespass; misdemeanor breaking or entering; motion to dismiss; remand for correction of a clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA17-800 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Wilkerson

Right to a speedy trial, evidentiary hearing, Barker v. Wingo factors, prosecutorial negligence, pretrial incarceration, prejudice.