relevant evidence and admissible evidence of prior bad act under Rule 404(b); no abuse of discretion in denying motion for mistrial

PWC denial; NCGS 158-1544?; review of guilty plea and terms re: knowing and voluntary/benefit of bargain; forfeiture of counsel by firing series of attorneys

Robbery with a dangerous weapon, Jail phone call, limiting instruction, plain error

Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Motion to Suppress

sex offender, satellite-based monitoring, jury instructions, habit, plain error, crime against nature, ambiguous verdict form

Judicial disqualification; waiver closing argument.

Felony larceny; obtaining property by false pretenses; habitual felon; value of stolen property; vacate and remand.

Post-Conviction DNA Testing; Inventory of Biological Evidence

sufficient temporal proximity and sufficiently similar facts between two crimes to render evidence of one of the crimes admissible under Rule 404(b)

felony sentencing; aggravating factors; evidence to support aggravating factor was not the same as evidence of underlying offense; prior record level determination; substantial similarity of out-of-state conviction; no error where sentence imposed was a legal sentence for the correct prior record level even if it was based on an incorrect prior record level determination

Medical malpractice, proximate cause, expert testimony

Medical Malpractice; Motion for Summary Judgment; Expert Witness; Familiarity With Experience and Training

interlocutory appeal; jurisdiction

Workers' compensation, accident, duty to consider all evidence

Summary Judgment; Verified Pleadings; Affidavits; Admissions

Subject matter jurisdiction, child custody, permanency planning

personal jurisdiction; consent to jurisdiction; dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure

School board immunity, interlocutory appeal, immunity waiver.