no per se ineffective assistance of counsel where Defendant previously consented to counsel's strategy of arguing self-defense and arguing for lesser-included offenses; no ineffective assistance of counsel claim where Defendant consented to self-defense strategy and called only one defense witness; no prejudicial error where the trial court admitted certain opinion evidence of a detective

Drug possession; plain error; statements to prospective jurors explaining charges against defendant; authentication of video and audio recordings; judgment for both sale and delivery for same transaction

petition for a writ of certiorari; motion to dismiss; failure to notify of address change

Possession and Distribution of Illegal drugs;
U.S. Constitution 4th Amendment;
Search and Seizure;
N.C. Constitution Article 1, §20;
Stationary vehicle;
Reasonable Suspicion;
Detention of individual;
Plain view;
Industrial Hemp;
Probable cause

postal interdiction; motion to suppress; waiver of appellate review; Industrial Hemp Act; motion to dismiss; lay opinion testimony; identification of marijuana as a controlled substance; conspiracy; statements of a co-conspirator

plain error for evidence; jury instructions lesser included offenses; jury instruction acting in concert; ineffective assistance of counsel

Embezzlement; obtaining property by false pretenses; sufficiency of the evidence; plain error; foundation for admission of bank records

sufficiency of evidence, constructive possession of a firearm, habitual felon, totality of circumstances

venue; real property; negative easements

adequate evidence to support the DHC's findings of fact, and the findings of fact adequately support the conclusions of law where Defendant entered into a representation agreement with brothers who did not have the capacity to understand the agreement due to their low IQs and adaptive functioning deficits

Administrative claims; dismissal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; defamation claim; barred by sovereign immunity

Referee's Report, Order on Remand

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; demonstration of prejudice

Rule 3.1; neglected juveniles; appellate jurisdiction; elimination of reunification from permanent plan; findings of fact

NCGS 7B-906.2; 3.1

neglect, dependency, adjudication, juvenile, Rule 3.1

subject matter jurisdiction under the UCCJEA; trial court erred in concluding that it had home state jurisdiction under the UCCJEA because child's absence from Texas was temporary

Opportunity Scholarship Program; Lower-income families may receive scholarships from the State to attend private school; Constitutional challenge; As-applied challenge; Facial challenge; Subject matter jurisdiction; Breadth of the remedy requested, not what is pleaded in the complaint, is controlling in determining whether the challenge is facial or as-applied.