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NC Office of the Appellate Defender

NC Office of the Appellate Defender

We represent indigent adult and juvenile clients on appeal after a criminal conviction, juvenile delinquency disposition, and mental health commitment, and when the State appeals a trial court ruling.

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Anders

  • State v. Lively Aug 2022

Bench Trials in Superior Court

  • State v. Rollinson Mar 2022

Confessions

  • State v. Rector Dec 2022
  • State v. Wright Dec 2022

Defenses

  • State v. Gomola Jun 2017
  • State v. Hollis Dec 2022
  • State v. McLymore May 2021
  • State v. Perez Jan 2022
  • State v. Underwood Apr 2022

Double Jeopardy

  • State v. Prince Jan 2021
  • State v. Smith Feb 2019

Equal Protection

  • State v. Johnson Feb 2022

Evidence

  • State v. Hair Dec 2022
  • State v. Hocutt Dec 2022
  • State v. Johnson Oct 2019
  • State v. McNeil Nov 2021
  • State v. Overcash Apr 2021
  • State v. Price Feb 2023
  • State v. Turner Aug 2021

Expert and Lay Witnesses

  • State v. Gibbs Nov 2020
  • State v. Lee Jan 2022
  • State v. Price Feb 2023
  • State v. Rivera Dec 2022
  • State v. Rodgers Nov 2022
  • State v. Rodgers Nov 2022
  • State v. Smith Oct 2022
  • State v. Smith Nov 2022

Guilty Plea Appeals

  • State v. Boyd Oct 2019
  • State v. Carter Aug 2021
  • State v. Locklear Jun 2019
  • State v. McCoy Feb 2019
  • State v. Rogers Nov 2022
  • State v. Shade Jan 2022
  • State v. Taylor Jun 2021
  • State v. Wentz Feb 2022
  • State v. Zuniga Mar 2019

Harbison Error

  • State v. Chavis Mar 2020
  • State v. Johnson Oct 2019

Indictments

  • State v. Boyd Nov 2021
  • State v. Charles Jan 2022
  • State v. Locklear Jun 2019
  • State v. Stewart Nov 2022
  • State v. Taylor Jun 2021

Jury Instructions

  • State v. Anderson Jan 2023
  • State v. Charles Jan 2022
  • State v. Chavis Mar 2020
  • State v. Gomola Jun 2017
  • State v. Grappo Dec 2019
  • State v. Hocutt Dec 2022
  • State v. Hsiung Feb 2023
  • State v. Smith Oct 2022
  • State v. Villalobos May 2019
  • State v. Waterfield Jun 2021
  • State v. Wilson Aug 2019

Jury Selection

  • State v. Hsiung Feb 2023
  • State v. Smith Jun 2022

Monetary Assessments

  • State v. Williams Dec 2018

Openings and Closings

  • State v. Branche Nov 2022
  • State v. Chavis Mar 2020
  • State v. Gomola Jun 2017
  • State v. Johnson Oct 2019
  • State v. Rivera Dec 2022
  • State v. Turner Aug 2021

Petitions for Writ of Certiorari

  • State v. Dixon Jul 2019
  • State v. Dudley Apr 2017
  • State v. Helton Aug 2020
  • State v. Patterson Oct 2022
  • State v. Tyson Jun 2019

Pro Se at Trial – Right to Counsel

  • State v. Fenner Feb 2023
  • State v. Johnson Feb 2019
  • State v. Robinson Apr 2021
  • State v. Simmons Oct 2017

Probation

  • State v. Gary Apr 2022
  • State v. Peed Aug 2017
  • State v. Pettiford Jun 2021
  • State v. Summers Apr 2019

Search and Seizure

  • State v. Bates Aug 2021
  • State v. Cobb May 2021
  • State v. George Dec 2022
  • State v. Huddy Oct 2016
  • State v. Johnson Feb 2022
  • State v. Kitchen Sep 2021
  • State v. McCants Mar 2019
  • State v. Outlaw Jan 2022
  • State v. Rogers Mar 2022
  • State v. Wright May 2021
  • State v. Wright Dec 2022

Sentencing and Resentencing

  • State v. Boyd Oct 2019
  • State v. Green Jun 2019
  • State v. Johnson Oct 2019
  • State v. Kelliher Jun 2021
  • State v. Lebeau Dec 2019
  • State v. Patterson May 2021
  • State v. Pettiford Jun 2021
  • State v. Prince Jan 2021
  • State v. Rector Dec 2022
  • State v. Sims Feb 2019
  • State v. Smith Feb 2019
  • State v. Turner Aug 2021
  • State v. Williams Dec 2018

Sufficiency and Variance

  • State v. Anderson Jan 2023
  • State v. Bradsher Mar 2022
  • State v. Branche Nov 2022
  • State v. Charles Jan 2022
  • State v. Chavis Mar 2020
  • State v. Cranford Jan 2021
  • State v. Duncan Feb 2022
  • State v. Gannon Dec 2022
  • State v. Helton Aug 2020
  • State v. Hocutt Dec 2022
  • State v. Jones Sep 2022
  • State v. Prince Jan 2021
  • State v. Smith Nov 2022
  • State v. Storm Oct 2022
  • State v. Taylor Jun 2021
  • State v. Thompson Feb 2023

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Office of the Appellate Defender
123 W. Main St., Ste. 500
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 354-7210

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