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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35,477 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-399 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
Miller v. Carolina Coast Emer. Physicians, LLC

Time for filing cross-appeals under Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c)(3); Motions to Tax Costs and General Appearances; Relation back of defenses; Rule 9(j) Motions to Dismiss; Exclusion of Medical Malpractice Experts under Rule of Evidence 702 and N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-21.12; Summary Judgment

, Court of Appeals , COA20-382 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Murray v. Deerfield Mobile Home Park

Summary judgment; motion to amend counterclaims; severability of land sales contract; option contract; consideration; specified date; statute of frauds; marital interest.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-463 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Brook

no error in trial court's denial of defendant's post-sentencing motion to withdraw Alford plea; manifest injustice standard

, Court of Appeals , COA20-312 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
State v. Calloway

Attorney fees, State v. Friend, notice and opportunity to be heard, motion to dismiss, possession of a firearm by a felon, circumstantial evidence.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-340 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Chaudoin

ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison; petition for writ of certiorari; Rule 2; satellite-based monitoring; duplicative court costs

, Court of Appeals , COA20-326 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Published
State v. Garrett

indictment alleging possession and transportation of Fentanyl alleged possession and transportation of opiate qualifying as a schedule II controlled substance; no plain error existed where trial court communicated the essence of the deadlocked jury instructions but did not recite statutory language verbatim

, Court of Appeals , COA20-400 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Jumper

Second degree murder; imperfect self defense; jury instructions; plain error review; aggressor; provocation; withdrawal from a fight.

, 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 , COA20-679 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Unpublished
State v. Morrow

driving while impaired, speeding, resisting public officer, felony eluding arrest, right to counsel, forfeiture, counsel, colloquy

, 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 , COA20-381 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Rivera

Certiorari; Plain error; Motions to Dismiss for Insufficient Evidence

, 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 , COA20-372 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
Waugh v. States Res. Corp.

Interlocutory, res judicata, collateral estoppel, substantive right, foreclosure order, consent order, actually litigated

, Court of Appeals , COA20-770 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
Zhang v. Pearce

Pro se appeal; Rules of Appellate Procedure; gross and substantial violations.