Superior court sessions at the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville are postponed until Nov. 15 due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced Nov. 9.  Pitt County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Marvin Blount said the ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper made three appointments late last month to judicial and district attorney positions. Lamont Wiggins was named as a Superior Court Judge in District 7B March 29, along with Mario Perez as a District Court Judge in District ...

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 Settlement Report Type of action: Auto accident Injuries alleged: Leg compound fracture, fractured clavicle, torn rotator cuff Case name: Nancy G. Batchelor v. Christopher A. Moody, et al. Case number: 11 CvS 144 Court: Pitt County Superior Court Verdict or ...

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State v. Pollard. Even though the suspect's boyfriend told her she had bought cocaine for a police informant, since the defendant-deputy sheriff had already told the suspect that she was the target of a drug investigation, and since the suspect stopped dealing with the informant immediately after the deputy talked to the suspect, the boyfriend's warning did not negate the deputy's obstruction of justice.

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State v. Chillo. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1229, 12 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court. (Clifton W. Everett Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The state’s evidence showed only ...

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Cohen v. McLawhorn. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1214, 21 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court. (William C. Griffin Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though plaintiff was ...

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Smith v. Heath. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1165, 6 pp.) (Sanford A. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court. (Clifton W. Everett Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Because an insurance ...

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State v. Kincer. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-1111, 24 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court. (W. Russell Duke Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The Highway Patrol’s ...

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Gaynor v. Gaynor. The trial court's order setting a separation date in a divorce case is an interlocutory order and does not affect a substantial right. Therefore, there is no appellate jurisdiction. Appeal dismissed.

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Dance v. Manning. The denial of a motion for admission of an out-of-state attorney to practice pro hac vice does not involve a substantial right and is not appealable as a matter of right. Because the plaintiff's interlocutory appeal does not affect a substantial right, we grant defendant's motion and dismiss plaintiff's appeal.

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