motion to dismiss; Chapter 50B

arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; existence of a contract creating an enforceable right to arbitration; waiver of the right to arbitration

motion to set aside default judgment; failure to attack default judgment at trial precludes review on appeal

attorney's fees incurred in child support claim; insufficient means to defray legal expenses; good faith of interested party; refusal to pay adequate child support; insufficient findings to support award of attorney's fees

trespass/encroachment; boundary dispute; implied dedication of road right-of-way to public; deeds void for vagueness of description

Mootness; public importance exception; motion for sanctions; proper grounds for sanctions

first-degree murder; competency; incapacity; abuse of discretion; jury selection; capacity; malingering; jury charge; reading of instructions; clerk; ex mero motu; nonprejudicial; failure to intervene

PWISD, Motion to Dismiss

mistrial, Rule of Evidence 601(b), Intoxicated witness

Waiver of Counsel, Forfeiture of Counsel

first-degree murder; second-degree murder; insufficient evidence; premeditation; deliberation; motion to dismiss; substantial evidence; legal provocation; direct evidence; circumstantial evidence; grossly excessive force; headlock; malice; express hatred; inherently dangerous act; failure to instruct jury; involuntary manslaughter; preservation; Rule 10; custodial statement; pretrial motion

Robbery with a dangerous weapon; Denial of motion to dismiss; Sufficiency of evidence of use of dangerous weapon; Guilty plea to habitual felon status; Required statutory colloquy under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1022

Jury instructions; actual possession; constructive possession

Drug-trafficking; search and seizure; confidential informant; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; probable cause; factors of reliability; search warrant; warrant exception; automobile exception

motion to suppress - probable cause; DWI; N.C.G.S. § 20-138.1

Obtaining property by false pretenses; Jury instruction; Plain error.

motion for appropriate relief - ineffective assistance of counsel test and plain error standard; frivolous claims

ineffective assistance of counsel, necessary defense, voluntary intoxication

Jury instructions; first degree murder by torture; involuntary manslaughter

Self-Defense, Rule 404(b)