In the latest batch of opinions the N.C. Court of Appeals has released this morning:
- A unanimous three-judge panel ordered a new trial in a Person County drug case. The reason for the new trial? SBI lab reports. But this has nothing to do with the recent SBI lab controversy. In this case, the defendant argued successfully that he did not get adequate notice that the prosecution intended to use lab reports in his case.
- A unanimous three-judge panel dismissed an appeal from a neighbor attempting to block Wilmington’s Carolina Marina and Yacht Club from moving forward with its expansion plans. The club already had won an earlier legal battle with New Hanover County.
- A three-judge panel agreed to vacate a Rowan County court order requiring a sex offender to enroll in lifetime satellite-based monitoring. Judges ruled that the defendant did not have adequate notice of the hearing that led to the satellite-based monitoring ruling.
- A three-judge panel unanimously affirmed an Alamance County satellite-based monitoring case despite clerical errors made during the legal process.
- A unanimous three-judge panel wants the N.C. Industrial Commission to take another look at the weekly disability payments an employer should be forced to pay for a former employee hurt by asbestos exposure.
