malicious conduct by prisoner; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error; lay-opinion testimony; motion to sequester witnesses; calculation of prior record level

First-degree murder; Evidence Rule 702; fingerprint testimony; right to public trial; preserved objections.

Motion to Continue; Forensic Reports; Confrontation Clause

Waiver of counsel; NCGS 15A-1242

Motion to Dismiss; Sufficiency of the Evidence; Rule 404(b); Rule 403

professional responsibility; disqualification of counsel based on conflicts of interest between former counsel and counsel associated in practice with former counsel; conflict imputation to lawyers associated in practice; Rules 1.6, 1.9, and 1.10 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct; no appeal of right exists from the denial of a motion to disqualify opposing counsel; trial court did not err, much less abuse its discretion, in denying motion to disqualify based on imputed conflict between former counsel in the same case who became associated in practice with opposing counsel after representation was terminated

Civil contempt; Rule 70 motion

responsible individuals list; child abuse; sufficient findings of fact

Reverse and remand ALJ decision Respondent North Carolina Highway Patrol had just cause to terminate Petitioner Trooper for alleged violations of Respondent's policy; analysis of Wetherington factors under Warren framework.

deed of trust reformation, motion for summary judgment, motion to intervene, Statute of Frauds

Industrial Commission, motion for summary judgment, interlocutory appeal.

Juvenile; permanency planning order; statutory findings; grant of guardianship

Adjudication order; neglect; findings of fact domestic violence; substantial risk of harm

attorney?s fees; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-16.1

Choice of law, contract, nonresident defendant, personal jurisdiction, remote work, specific jurisdiction, telework

post-conviction DNA testing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-269(c)

sufficiency of indictment to confer subject-matter jurisdiction on trial court; using initials to name victim in indictment charging sex offense; motion for appropriate relief

issue is whether the trial court erred in sentencing juvenile defendant to LWOP and whether the sentence was constitutional

Motion to suppress; order entered out of term