This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on December 31, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. [The following juvenile delinquency case touches on criminal matters, and a summary by Prof. Jacquelyn Greene is included below. This case and others related to juvenile justice are included in the Juvenile Justice Case Compendium.] In the matter of C.S., COA24-46, ___ N.C. App. ___ (Dec. 31, 2024). Held: Reversed Facts: The juvenile posted a screenshot of his school’s announcement of a three-day spirit week on Snapchat. The juvenile superimposed the following over the screenshot: “THIS IS SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT, IMMA SHOOT UP AL BROWN (for reason that I do not wish to have the police come to my house, it is a joke I do not nor have I ever owned a gun.) Thank you pls don’t report me[.]” Snapchat flagged the post as containing a threat of mass violence and the SBI connected the post to the juvenile. The juvenile explained that the post was a joke during his interview with the investigating officer. The juvenile was charged with communicating a threat to commit an act of mass violence on educational property (G.S. 14-277.6) and making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property (G.S. 14-277.5). The trial court denied a motion to dismiss both petitions for insufficient evidence and the youth was adjudicated delinquent on [...]