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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15,992 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-241 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Mack

Rule 404(b); Plain error; Sexually violent offenses; SBM

, Court of Appeals , COA20-343 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
State v. McSwain

Motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; forgery of a check; uttering a false check; falsity element; authority to sign; illustrative evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA20-291 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Parker

probable cause supported officer's search of vehicle where officer smelled what he believed was marijuana and passenger admitted smoking marijuana recently and produced marijuana from his person; there was no error in jury instructions stating that Cyclopropylfentanyl and N-ethylpentylone were controlled substances where evidence was contradicted that substances were chemical analogues or derivatives of listed controlled substances

, Court of Appeals , COA20-541 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Spinks

constitutional right to a speedy trial; mistrial based on juror misconduct; statutory right to effective counsel in SBM proceedings

, Court of Appeals , COA20-20 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Crudup

Felony larceny; felony breaking and entering; habitual felon; waiver of counsel; abuse of discretion; refusal to participate in trial; standby counsel.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-680 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Daw

habeas corpus; petitioner failed to make threshold showing that an act, omission, or event had occurred entitling him to be discharged

, Court of Appeals , COA20-332 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Doisey

Constitutional right to counsel; waiver; resentencing; motion for appropriate relief

, Court of Appeals , COA20-50 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Ezzell

N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 104; N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 1101; N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 702; applicability of rules of evidence to suppression hearings; probable cause of driving while impaired

, Court of Appeals , COA20-534 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Flow

First-degree sexual offense; first-degree rape; DVPO with a firearm; voluntary absence from trial; competency; unanimous jury verdict.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-718 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Hendricks

Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; Revocation of Special Probation

, Court of Appeals , COA20-330 (Judge Allegra Collins) , Published
State v. Hensley

indecent liberties with a minor; no error when trial court failed to intervene ex mero motu during closing argument; closing argument remarks not grossly improper

, Court of Appeals , COA20-256 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Sechrest

indecent liberties with a child, facially valid indictment with minor?s initials, vouching.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-147 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Watson

felony murder; statutory rape; inconsistent verdicts

, Supreme Court , 380A20 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re A.M.

Termination of parental rights; whether findings of fact were sufficient to support a ground for termination of parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2), failure to make reasonable progress; and whether the trial court abused its discretion by determining termination of parental rights was in the children's best interests.