Judicial sale; execution sale; secondary remedies; judicial foreclosure; appropriate foreclosure remedies under N.C.G.S. § 47C-3-116 and N.C.G.S. § 1-339.1; voided judgments on remand; attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 75-16.1; and attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. §§ 47C-3-116 and 47C-4-117.

First degree murder; Castle Doctrine, pre-trial determination of Castle Doctrine immunity; rebuttable presumption of imminent death or serious bodily harm; jury instructions

First-Degree Murder; Premeditation and Deliberation; Rules 404(b) and 403; Closing Arguments; Motion to Dismiss

1st and 2d degree forcible rape; 1st and 2d degree forcible sexual offense; inconsistent and contradictory verdicts; DNA evidence; serious personal injury.

accident instruction; ex mero motu mistrial right

Incorrect sentence, intimidating witness, jury instructions, motion to dismiss, preservation, State v. Golder, restitution, variance

attorney?s fees; civil judgments; failure to comply with North Carolina Rule of Appellate Procedure 3; without merit; deny PWC; appeal dismissed

Expenses, civil judgment, attorney fees, certiorari, diligence in prosecution, civil lien

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment search and seizure; permissible scope and duration of traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; challenged findings of fact; petition for writ of certiorari; attorneys fees.

Plain error, Supreme Court interpretation of evidence.

second degree murder-Malice; prior record level calculation

Assault by strangulation; possession of a firearm by a felon; communicating threats; interfering with emergency communication; no prior notice to assert self-defense; jury charge conference; jury instruction; invited error.

sufficient evidence supported activation of the defendant's suspended sentences for violating probation by willfully absconding; inclusion of findings in judgments that were not rendered in open court was not error; clerical errors in judgments required correction on remand

Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure and Consent to Search.

motion to suppress; right to counsel; findings of fact; material conflict in evidence

methamphetamine, trafficking, keeping, selling, controlled substances, narcotics, dwelling, search warrant, drug paraphernalia, residence, residency, occupancy, certiorari, plain error, motion to suppress, nexus, property, possession, ineffective assistance of counsel, conspiracy, joinder, severance

motion to dismiss; one count of first-degree sexual offense with a child; N.C. Gen. Stat., Sec. 14-27.1(4) (2013); substantial evidence of digital penetration; no error; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 404(b); issue unpreserved for review on appeal

Obtaining property by false pretenses valued at $100,000 or more; valuation of property falsely obtained; essential elements of NCGS 14-100.

Disseminating an obscenity; revenge porn; waiver of jury trial; NCGS 15A-1201(d)(1); First Amendment.

Hit and run causing physical injury; possession of firearm by a felon; habitual felon status; State concedes error; plea arrangement; NCGS 15A-1024; sentencing.