arbitration; actual direct costs; equitable remedy; manifest disregard of the law

Family law; child custody; denial of motion for attorneys' fees

modification of child custody; substantial change in circumstances; contempt

Federal Arbitration Act; essence of the contract; manifest disregard

Felony breaking and entering; sufficiency of factual basis to support plea; denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea; imposition of electronic monitoring as condition of probation; restitution not supported by evidence

satellite-based monitoring; Fourth Amendment; search; reasonableness

Constructive possession; motion to dismiss; substantial evidence

warrantless search and seizure; marijuana and hemp; actual knowledge; ineffective assistance of counsel

absence of pattern jury instruction on jury unanimity did not constitute plain error

Murder; sufficiency of evidence or stipulation to support restitution award; nonprejudicial error in calculation of prior record level points

Evidence, Expert opinion, Expert testimony, Hearsay, Motion in limine, Issue preservation, Objection, Presence of jury, Impact on jury, Plain error, Jury instruction, Rule 10, N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(2)

First degree murder, confrontation clause, character evidence, prior conviction of victim

Evidence, Motion to suppress, Police checkpoint, DUI checkpoint, Constitutional, Form HP-14, Arrest, Probable cause, Seizure, Alcohol, Driving while Impaired.

traffic stop; reasonable articulable suspicion; probable cause; odor of marijuana; vehicular search; Fourth Amendment

DWI, driving while intoxicated, operation of vehicle, jury instructions, correction to proposed jury instructions, charge conference, preservation of constitutional issue, context of objection

preservation; presumption of innocence; due process; attorney conflict of interest; trial court implying an opinion

Condemnation; denial of motion to amend complaint; undue delay; futility; public trust doctrine

land use regulation; permit choice statutes do not apply unless a complete application for a land use approval has been submitted and did not apply where complete application was not submitted until after moratorium prohibiting requested use was adopted, but before ordinance under which land use was requested was repealed and replaced by new, more onerous ordinance; moratorium statute in effect at the time moratorium when into effect had exemptions, none of which were applicable to moratorium at issue, so moratorium barred approval of land use application during its duration; proposed asphalt plant did not qualify as an approvable use of land under relevant ordinance because of its proximity to two commercial buildings; inconsistencies between representations in two permit applications supported inference of deceptive intent