Permanency planning order; appointment as guardians; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-600(c) (2019); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1(j) (2019); understanding of legal significance; collective understanding; sufficiency of findings

competent evidence; neglect; dependency; adjudication; findings of fact

Denial of motion to set aside entry of default; abuse of discretion standard; findings of fact required for award of attorneys' fees under Section 44A-35

appeal of order denying summary judgment on election of remedies defense dismissed as interlocutory; interlocutory order denying summary judgment on collateral estoppel defense affected a substantial right and was immediately appealable; collateral estoppel did not bar plaintiffs? claims where defendants failed to show that the issue was actually and necessarily decided in the preceding action.

State Medical Facilities Plan; Certificate of Need Act; Administrative Law Judge; whole record test; agency deference; NCGS sections 131E-175, -176(16)(f1)(8), - 177(4); -183(a)(1), & -188(b); NCGS sections 150B-2(8a)(k), -51.

Promissory note and statute of limitations accrual

motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence of defendant as perpetrator; viewing evidence in the light most favorable to the State; testimony of identity

Misdemeanor assault; unlawful seizure without a warrant; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence-probable cause; misdemeanor committed outside the presence of an officer.

lifetime satellite-based monitoring; petition for writ of certiorari; Rule 2

Anders review; guilty plea

issues are whether trial court erred by failing to dismiss one of two conspiracy charges involving the same criminal plot and whether the court abused its discretion by failing to provide the jury with a copy of the transcript of a trial witness

Motion for Mistrial; Juror Misconduct

satellite-based monitoring; relief under Grady III; subject-matter jurisdiction

Obtaining Property by False Pretense; Sufficiency of Evidence; Fatal Variance of Jury Instructions

Challenge to denials of motions to suppress; petition for a writ of certiorari; argument raised on appeal different from basis for motions in trial court; appellate argument not preserved

kidnapping; restraint for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily harm; sufficiency of the evidence.

issues are whether court committed plain error by failing to inform jury of its decision to sustain objection and whether court abused its discretion by admitting alleged inflammatory evidence

trial court did not err in denying motion to dismiss where driver's license and social security card were competent evidence of defendant's identity; no notice an opportunity to be heard on the issue of attorney's fees is required when payment is required as a condition of probation under State v. Friend

Subpoena, telephone service, failure to appear, show cause hearing, and criminal contempt

Drug trafficking, ineffective assistance of counsel, Franks v. Delaware hearing, right to speedy appeal, prejudice, concurrent sentences.