habitual felon status, obtaining property by false pretense, writ of certiorari, re-sentencing, mandate, vacate

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1(b), discharging firearm into occupied dwelling; motion to dismiss, substantial evidence

Drug Field Test Results; Habitual Felon Enhancement; Waiver to challenge guilty plea

Second degree murder; driving while impaired; admission of prior DWI convictions to prove intent; jury instructions; double jeopardy

substantial evidence of first-degree kidnapping; intent to terrorize; assault; conflicting testimony

probation revocation

motion to suppress - unreasonable search and seizure; historical cell-site location information; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-262 and 15A-263; court order supported by probable cause

Review of closing argument where no objection made at trial.

waiver of jury trial; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1201

section 15A?1343.2(d)(1), sentencing, remand

Anders Brief; write of certiorari; DWI; probation.

Satellite-based monitoring
Reasonable search
Special Purpose
Recidivism

Diminished capacity; bipolar disorder; jailhouse calls; rebuttal evidence; felony murder; armed robbery; psychological evaluation

motion to suppress; unchallenged factual findings are binding on appeal; findings supported denial of motion to suppress absent challenged findings; challenged findings presumed to be supported by competent evidence where record on appeal did not include evidence supporting or undermining them

Petition for writ of certiorari; motion to dismiss; Alford plea; Anders brief.

Grounds for setting aside bond forfeiture; Failure to make material findings of fact; Appellate review of written order.

Submitting lesser-included offenses of trafficking in heroin to the jury; Plain error

Satellite-based monitoring; State's burden to show reasonableness under Fourth Amendment

Witness Testimony; Plain Error; Electronic Monitoring Device.

robbery with a dangerous weapon; fatal variance argument not preserved for appellate review; evidence of dangerousness required to support submission of robbery with a dangerous weapon charge to jury; evidence that gun was inoperable or non-deadly insufficient on its own to establish dangerousness of gun; absence of evidence of dangerousness of inoperable or non-deadly gun required dismissal of robbery with a dangerous weapon charge; improper judicial comment on the evidence; prejudice showing not met by judicial comment on the evidence; no record of required habitual felon colloquy required remand for habitual felon colloquy or proof of habitual felon status