motion to dismiss; misdemeanor child abuse; substantial risk of physical injury

strangulation, assault on a female, airway, detective, testimony, injury

Evidence in criminal trials; Plain error

Second-degree kidnapping; robbery with a dangerous weapon; asportation; motion to dismiss; greater danger; jury instruction; disjunctive elements; restraint or removal; plain error.

Trafficking in heroin by possession and transportation, motion to dismiss, preservation of issue for appeal, constructive possession, sufficiency of the evidence, mere suspicion, other incriminating circumstances.

Plain Error; Prejudice; Certiorari; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

divorce; alimony; dependent spouse

grant of interpleader,
church dispute over access to bank accounts,
ecclesiastical entanglement,
substantial right,
subject matter jurisdiction,
appeal dismissed as interlocutory

issues include (1) whether the appeal is interlocutory and thus should be dismissed; (2) if not, whether plaintiff can assert a Corum claim under the NC Constitution when she has other adequate state remedies; and relatedly (3) whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's MTD the Corum claim

divorce, military pension, pension, debt, marital debt, equitable distribution, life expectancy, spouse, marital estate, student loans

Child support modification, sanctions,

motion to dismiss; interstate sovereign immunity; Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt; waiver of immunity; retroactive application; state constitutional claims

divorce, date of separation, cohabitation

N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 150B-51(b), contested case hearing, administrative hearing, constitutional claims, appellate jurisdiction

foreign custody order; foreign child support order; registration; motion to dismiss

Judgment notwithstanding the verdict, directed verdict, constructive notice, breach of duty

Constitutionally protected parental status, relative placement

juvenile petition