Among the latest batch of opinions from the N.C. Court of Appeals:

  • A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a conviction of “robbery with a dangerous weapon” against a man who used a stun gun during the 2008 robbery of a bank branch inside a Wake County Wal-Mart.
  • A unanimous three-judge panel affirmed a lower-court ruling in favor of United Community Bank and against investors in the failed Village of Penland mountain home development in Mitchell County.
  • A unanimous thee-judge panel ordered a new trial in an Onslow County drug case because of the prosecution’s misuse of testimony surrounding NarTest, a tool for identifying illegal drugs.