ineffective assistance of counsel; pre-trial motion to suppress; plain error

modifying custody order; substantial change of circumstances affecting welfare of the child; best interests of the child

Motion to Dismiss, Summary Judgment, Statute of Limitations, Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel

Modification of child custody; change in employment and residence; review of evidence prior to permanent order; documents missing from court file; motion for new trial; findings to support award of attorney fees.

Unfair or deceptive trade practices; insurance company; punitive damages; bad faith; summary judgment; attorney fees

N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 50B-1(a)(2); Domestic Violence Protective Order and Findings of Fact.

abuse, neglect, and dependency; trial court erred by failing to consider post-petition evidence before adjudicating juveniles neglected and relying solely on neglect adjudication of one juvenile in adjudicating second juvenile neglected

infant, death, juvenile, neglect, abuse, dependent, reunification, sibling, parents, minor child, murder, manslaughter

Findings of fact, elimination of reunification, neglected juvenile, permanency planning order

Judicial sale; execution sale; secondary remedies; judicial foreclosure; appropriate foreclosure remedies under N.C.G.S. § 47C-3-116 and N.C.G.S. § 1-339.1; voided judgments on remand; attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 75-16.1; and attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. §§ 47C-3-116 and 47C-4-117.

accident instruction; ex mero motu mistrial right

attorney?s fees; civil judgments; failure to comply with North Carolina Rule of Appellate Procedure 3; without merit; deny PWC; appeal dismissed

Expenses, civil judgment, attorney fees, certiorari, diligence in prosecution, civil lien

second degree murder-Malice; prior record level calculation

sufficient evidence supported activation of the defendant's suspended sentences for violating probation by willfully absconding; inclusion of findings in judgments that were not rendered in open court was not error; clerical errors in judgments required correction on remand

motion to suppress; right to counsel; findings of fact; material conflict in evidence

methamphetamine, trafficking, keeping, selling, controlled substances, narcotics, dwelling, search warrant, drug paraphernalia, residence, residency, occupancy, certiorari, plain error, motion to suppress, nexus, property, possession, ineffective assistance of counsel, conspiracy, joinder, severance

motion to dismiss; one count of first-degree sexual offense with a child; N.C. Gen. Stat., Sec. 14-27.1(4) (2013); substantial evidence of digital penetration; no error; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 404(b); issue unpreserved for review on appeal

Disseminating an obscenity; revenge porn; waiver of jury trial; NCGS 15A-1201(d)(1); First Amendment.