In re A.W. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0147, 11 pp.) (John C. Martin, Ch.J.) Appealed from Onslow County District Court. (James L. Moore Jr. & Louis F. Foy Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. ...

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The Department of Transportation took about 19 acres of a 99-acre vacant tract in Jacksonville. The property had been a family farm, but was located on U.S. Highway 17, near its intersection with Western Boulevard, and adjacent to a large ...

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State v. Lee. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0003, 6 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court. (W.A. Cobb Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Defendant’s was the third car ...

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State v. Melvin. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-1206, 11 pp.) (Robert H. Edmunds Jr., J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court. (Charles H. Henry, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Click here for the full ...

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State v. Bedford. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1167, 12 pp.) (Wanda G. Bryant, J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court. (Jay D. Hockenbury, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though the state presented ...

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State v. Hagerman. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-0984, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) (Sarah Parker, Ch.J., Patricia Timmons-Goodson & Robin E. Hudson, JJ., dissenting) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court. (Thomas H. Lock, J.) On appeal from the N.C. Court of Appeals. ...

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Gayatri Maa, Inc. v. Terrible T. LLC. Even though the plaintiff-landlord did not cash the defendant-tenant's checks while the tenant was mistakenly paying rent at the previous year's rate, since the landlord held the checks for 5 months before returning them the tenant, the landlord waived its option of re-entry upon default.

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State v. Terry. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0962, 15 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.). Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court (Jack W. Jenkins, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: A defendant on marijuana ...

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Patten v. Werner. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by finding that the effects of substantial changes in circumstances on a minor child were self-evident, justifying a modification of a prior child custody order. We affirm the trial court's order modifying the prior custody order so as to grant primary physical custody to the defendant-father and secondary physical custody and liberal visitation to the plaintiff-mother.

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State v. Inman. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0754, 7 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) (Donna S. Stroud, J., dissenting) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court. (Charles H. Henry, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where the record contains no notice of appeal, we must ...

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