Case law

State v. Bishop

346 N.C. 365 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 24, 1997

The note was relevant to establish a possible motive for the killing and was properly admitted into evidence. … Defendant argues that the court’s instruction failed to qualify the words “ingenuity of counsel” with the words “not legitimately warranted by the testimony.”

Keith v. Health-Pro Home Care Servs., Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 17, 2022

Plaintiffs have cited no binding authority for the proposition that an action brought on allegations, and tried on facts, that clearly fall within the scope … Under a negligence theory, employment alone does not establish a special relationship.

State v. McNeill

371 N.C. 198 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 8, 2018

Defendant’s attorneys clearly believed that disclosing the information without hiding his identity was the best way to demonstrate cooperation and receive a benefit for the information while avoiding any overt suggestion … This information was not given in exchange for any plea deal, dismissal of charges, immunity, or any other incentive or inducement offered by the State, and this information was not given during any

State v. Brewington

352 N.C. 489 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 25, 2000

However, as this Court clearly stated in Grier , the meaning of a polygram depends entirely upon interpretation. Id. at 636 , 300 S.E.2d at 355-56 . … which he concedes have been previously decided contrary to his position by this Court: (1) the North Carolina death penalty statute is unconstitutional; (2) the trial court erred by failing to prohibit the State from death-qualifying

State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission & Duke Power Co. v. Eddleman

320 N.C. 344 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 28, 1987

Second, the agreements establish how power received from Duke by the Catawba purchasers will be priced. … It allows taxpayer utilities to reduce their tax liability by a percentage of their investment in qualifying property purchased during the tax year. State ex rel. Utilities Comm. v.

State v. Waring

364 N.C. 443 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 5, 2010

Rogers had “clearly expressed that she could follow the law, and if appropriate, recommend a death punishment.” … Johnson did not have established views on the death penalty.

Hoke Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. State

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 2, 2026

Clearly, this facial challenge was not part of, or foreseeable under, the 1994 and 2005 complaints and amended complaints. … My previous orders simply followed the very process this Court established.

State v. Quick

329 N.C. 1 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 12, 1991

Thus, in both Jones and this case, the challenged testimony was admissible for a nonhearsay purpose — to establish the basis for expert testimony. … Defendant argued that the witness had not been qualified properly to give such an opinion about the stain. The court then sustained defendant’s objection.

Harper v. Hall

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 16, 2022

See An Act to Establish House Districts, Establish Senatorial Districts, and Make Changes to the Election Laws and to Other Laws Related to Redistricting, S.L. 2003-434, §§ 7−9, 2003 N.C. Sess. … Both are clearly within the “presumptively constitutional” ranges identified by the majority in Harper I.

Harper v. Hall

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 16, 2022

See An Act to Establish House Districts, Establish Senatorial Districts, and Make Changes to the Election Laws and to Other Laws Related to Redistricting, S.L. 2003-434, §§ 7−9, 2003 N.C. Sess. … Both are clearly within the “presumptively constitutional” ranges identified by the majority in Harper I.

State v. Bell

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 21, 2025

Clearly, the record contained “sufficient information to permit the reviewing court to make all the factual and legal determinations necessary to allow a proper resolution of the claim in question” without the Butler affidavit … If a court determines that a claimant did not establish a prima facie case of discrimination, the inquiry ends there.

State v. Kelliher

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 17, 2022

Although the Court of Appeals acknowledged that Kelliher “has clearly abandoned any assertion that he was convicted under the felony murder rule. But N.C. … Notably, the majority ignores the relevant state constitutional provisions which clearly define what is cruel or unusual punishment.

State v. Waddell

282 N.C. 431 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 18, 1973

The pertinent portion of the Louisiana statute provided: “In a capital case the jury may qualify its verdict of guilty with the addition of the words ‘without capital punishment,’ in which case the punishment shall be imprisonment … All either state or clearly imply that under existing statutes the death sentence may not be imposed and carried out without regard to whether the crime was committed before or subsequent to Furman.

State v. Wilson

371 N.C. 920 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 21, 2018

The officers maintaining the perimeter wore uniforms that clearly identified them as police officers, as well as safety equipment such as Kevlar vests and ballistic helmets. … As to the remaining part of our formulation of the Summers rule, we acknowledge that the Supreme Court has not directly resolved the issue of who qualifies as an “occupant” for the purposes of the Summers rule.

Chambers v. Moses H. Cone Mem'l Hosp.

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 2020

Today, the majority leaves behind both of these well-established legal principles. … Clearly there are other individuals who are able to challenge the practice, as the amended complaint states that there are “at least hundreds” of class members.

Gore v. Myrtle/Mueller

362 N.C. 27 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 7, 2007

Melin were based merely upon speculation and conjecture, and were not sufficiently reliable to qualify as competent evidence on issues of medical causation." See Gore v. … In Winslow , this Court's opinion set out the Commission's findings of fact and conclusions of law in full, 211 N.C. at 573-75, 191 S.E. at 404-05 , which clearly raised the issue and explained that if the filing requirement

Wells Fargo Ins. Servs. United States, Inc. v. Link

372 N.C. 260 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 10, 2019

To establish that a non-solicitation of employees covenant is reasonable, an employer must establish that it has a protectable business interest in prohibiting solicitation of former employees, and such prohibition must … This “privilege [to interfere] is conditional or qualified; that is, it is lost if exercised for a wrong purpose.

Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company v. Bass

265 N.C. 218 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 27, 1965

That judgment established that she was not a relative of testator but that he had given her 2/5 of his residuary estate as a beloved individual and not merely as his supposed granddaughter. See Howell v. … Strictly speaking, since the son, the only member of the class of testator’s next *242 of kin, was excluded from the remainder, as long as he lived there was no one who could qualify as testator’s next of kin.

State v. Taylor

327 N.C. 147 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 26, 1990

A similar qualified privilege protects criminal defendants from disclosure of the work of attorneys produced on behalf of such defendants in connection with the investigation, preparation or defense of their cases. … Washington, 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), the United States Supreme Court enunciated the test to be utilized in determining whether a defendant has established that his counsel was ineffective.

State v. Alexander

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 11, 2022

On 16 November 1993, during the process of selecting a death-qualified jury, defendant entered into a plea agreement with the State pursuant to which he agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder … As this Court has clearly stated, remedial statutes such as N.C.G.S. § 15A-269 “should be construed liberally, in a manner which assures fulfillment of the beneficial goals, for which [they were] enacted and