NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-26 (2026)

Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals

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The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals respectively have jurisdiction to review upon appeal decisions of the several courts of the General Court of Justice and of administrative agencies, upon matters of law or legal inference, in accordance with the system of appeals provided in this Article. (1967, c. 108, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1968–2024 · leading case: In Re Redmond Ex Rel. Nichols, 369 N.C. 490 (N.C. 2017).
In Re Redmond Ex Rel. Nichols, 369 N.C. 490 (N.C. 2017). · cites it 5× “” N.C. Const. art. IV, § 12(2). The General Assembly has conferred upon the Court of Appeals “jurisdiction to review upon appeal decisions .”
Fortune v. First Union Nat'l Bank, 371 S.E.2d 483 (N.C. 1988). · cites it 6× “Pursuant to the division of jurisdiction among the courts of this state, the Court of Appeals is intended to be a court of review and has no jurisdiction to determine facts not conceded or conclusively established at the trial court level.”
In re Hughes, 785 S.E.2d 111 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Gen.Stat. § 1-267.1 and other relevant provisions apply, so long as the facial challenges in these matters were included in pleadings or amended pleadings filed on or after 7 August 2014.”
State v. Hooper, 582 S.E.2d 331 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “" The indisputable purport of the foregoing statutes is that appeal to this Court under the circumstances sub judice would be proper only after activation of a suspended probationary sentence by the superior court upon de novo review following appeal of the revocation of said…”
North Carolina State Bar v. Talford, 556 S.E.2d 344 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “, N.C.G.S. § 7A-26, (North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have jurisdiction to review “matters of law or legal inference”); N.”
State v. McBride, 463 S.E.2d 403 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995). “§§ 7A-26 (1989) and 15A-1448 (1988). The two forms of notice serve different functions, and performance of one does not substitute for completion of the other.”
State v. Colson, 163 S.E.2d 376 (N.C. 1968). “” G.S. 7A-26. See also G.S. 7A-5; 7A-16. The General'Assembly then enacted a system of appeals providing, inter alia, that an appeal may be taken as a matter of right to the Supreme Court from any decision of the Court of Appeals rendered in a case which directly involves á…”
State v. Morris, 254 S.E.2d 241 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979). “Our Clerk of Court was able to have copy of the Notice forwarded to him.”
Horton v. Horton, 183 S.E.2d 794 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971). “However, the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review upon appeal the decisions of the several courts of the General Court of Justice, “upon matters of law or legal inference,” G.S. 7A-26, and it is not the function of this Court to make findings of fact.”
State v. Killian, 212 S.E.2d 419 (N.C. Ct. App. 1975). “” G.S. 7A-26 provides: “The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals respectively have jurisdiction to review upon appeal decisions of the several courts of the General Court of Justice and of administrative agencies, upon matters of law or legal inference, in accordance with the…”
In re: Smith, No. 15-829 (N.C. Ct. App. Feb. 16, 2016). · cites it 4× “1 and other relevant provisions apply, so long as the facial challenges in these matters were included in pleadings or amended pleadings filed on or after 7 August 2014.”
State v. Daw, 904 S.E.2d 765 (N.C. 2024). · cites it 3× “” N.C.G.S. § 7A-26 (2023). “While the federal constitution limits the federal ‘Judicial Power’ to certain ‘Cases’ and ‘Controversies.”
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