N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-270.1; Psychology Practice Act; arbitrary and capricious; administrative sanctions

Tort Claims Act; Negligence; Proximate Cause

Equitable distribution; miscalculation of distributive award based on mathematical error; issue abandonment; failure to file cross-appeal

Involuntary commitment; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-261; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-3(11); due process

Adjudication of Neglect

failure to comply with mandate order; motion for attorney's fees; punitive damages; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1D-45

Obtaining property by false pretenses; fatal variance in indictment; variance must be material; attorney's fees; civil judgment.

First-degree murder; Indictment; Sufficiency

Post-conviction DNA Testing; N.C.G.S. Sec. 158-269; Anders Review

Constructive Possession; Possession of a Firearm by a Felon; Motion to Dismiss

First-degree burglary jury instructions; Double jeopardy; Hearsay; Plain error

Cruelty to Animals; Malice; Restitution

defendant's indictment for attempted first degree murder was insufficient to confer jurisdiction because it failed to allege the essential element of malice aforethought; vacate defendant's conviction for first degree murder for lack of jurisdiction; trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon because State introduced sufficient evidence to support the inference that defendant intended to permanently deprive property

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; possibility of inconsistent jury verdicts; insufficient showing

Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

Child custody; modification; abuse of discretion; substantial change in circumstances; educational opportunities.

Alimony; Suppression of Income