no error in trial court's denial of defendant's post-sentencing motion to withdraw Alford plea; manifest injustice standard

Attorney fees, State v. Friend, notice and opportunity to be heard, motion to dismiss, possession of a firearm by a felon, circumstantial evidence.

ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison; petition for writ of certiorari; Rule 2; satellite-based monitoring; duplicative court costs

indictment alleging possession and transportation of Fentanyl alleged possession and transportation of opiate qualifying as a schedule II controlled substance; no plain error existed where trial court communicated the essence of the deadlocked jury instructions but did not recite statutory language verbatim

Second degree murder; imperfect self defense; jury instructions; plain error review; aggressor; provocation; withdrawal from a fight.

Rule 404(b); Plain error; Sexually violent offenses; SBM

Motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; forgery of a check; uttering a false check; falsity element; authority to sign; illustrative evidence

driving while impaired, speeding, resisting public officer, felony eluding arrest, right to counsel, forfeiture, counsel, colloquy

probable cause supported officer's search of vehicle where officer smelled what he believed was marijuana and passenger admitted smoking marijuana recently and produced marijuana from his person; there was no error in jury instructions stating that Cyclopropylfentanyl and N-ethylpentylone were controlled substances where evidence was contradicted that substances were chemical analogues or derivatives of listed controlled substances

Certiorari; Plain error; Motions to Dismiss for Insufficient Evidence

constitutional right to a speedy trial; mistrial based on juror misconduct; statutory right to effective counsel in SBM proceedings

Rules 401, 404(b); trial court did not err

Interlocutory, res judicata, collateral estoppel, substantive right, foreclosure order, consent order, actually litigated

Pro se appeal; Rules of Appellate Procedure; gross and substantial violations.

child custody; trial court did not err in awarding father primary physical and joint legal custody of child

summary ejectment; trial court did not err by concluding that insufficient evidence supported defendant's claim that she was plaintiff's partner; supported factual findings supported relevant legal conclusions

Rule 53; Referee's report; De novo review

Custody; grandparents; reliance on DVPO; standard of proof