Among the latest batch of opinions the N.C. Court of Appeals has released this morning:
- A unanimous three-judge panel dismissed an appeal from a former Pitt County deputy sheriff suing the sheriff for “negligent infliction of emotional distress” and other claims.
- A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a lower-court ruling and ruled in favor of a 12-year-old whose lawyer argued that incriminating statements made in front of a school resource officer without a Miranda warning or the presence of a parent had to be tossed.
- A unanimous three-judge panel tossed out a Harnett County drug conviction, ruling that the visual observations of a police officer and informant are not enough to confirm that a substance suspected to be cocaine was actually the illegal drug.
- A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a Guilford County felony breaking-and-entering conviction, rejecting the defendant’s arguments against a “showup” identification by the crime victim.
- A unanimous three-judge panel affirmed a ruling from the N.C. Industrial Commission against a nurse seeking worker’s compensation benefits from Duke University Medical Center.
- A unanimous three-judge panel upheld an order requiring a Wake County sex offender to face satellite-based monitoring for life.
