Coercing a jury verdict; Plain Error

No plain error in trial court's admission of expert witness testimony; no plain error in trial court's allowing reference to drugs, cocaine, etc. based on visual observations of substances.

subject-matter jurisdiction; ineffective assistance of counsel; improper opinion; witness vouching

motion to dismiss; plain error review; lay testimony; expert testimony; exhibit not in evidence

Defendant's indictment was facially valid.

issue is whether court erred by denying defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of notarizing a vehicle title without the principal present with the intent to commit fraud in violation of NCGS 10B-60(d); the crux is whether the State presented sufficient evidence to establish that defendant was a notary as plainly required under the aforesaid provision

motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence, jury instruction, driving while impaired

Batson challenge; Remand to the trial court for further findings in light of State v. Hobbs.

Coerced verdict, first-degree murder, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1235(c), right to unanimous jury verdict, statutory mandate, victim impact evidence

Anonymous tip, investigatory stop, Fourth Amendment, hunting, motion to suppress, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-136, reasonable suspicion, search, seizure, Wildlife Resources Commission

Attempted larceny conviction not an eligible count of larceny to support an indictment for felony habitual larceny under N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-72(b)(6)

Drug possession; sufficiency of evidence that seized item was controlled substance; authentication of controlled substance; possible contamination of substance; plain error; jury instructions on further deliberations; Allen charge

plain error review; irrelevant evidence; failure to demonstrate prejudice

Motion to suppress; trafficking; possession; probable cause; affidavit; sufficient nexus

Writ of certiorari; notice of appeal; motion to dismiss; uttering a forged instrument; obtaining property by false pretenses; intent element; knowledge element; sufficiency of evidence; preservation of issues

Motion for Continuance; Attorney Fee's

Capacity, competency, due process, involuntary commitment, not guilty by reason of insanity, plea

Single taking rule; prior record level calculation; prior conviction for possession of marijuana drug paraphernalia; all elements of present offense in prior offense; arrest judgment and new sentencing hearing

This Court cannot properly assess ineffective assistance of counsel issue on direct appeal.

seizure under Fourth Amendment; defendant was seized under Fourth Amendment by officer's display of authority; traffic stop was not a voluntary encounter