Alimony, attorney?s fees, subject matter jurisdiction, foreign judgments, family law

Modifying Custody, Substantial Change of Circumstances, Permanent Custody

Sanctions, Dismissal with Prejudice, Inherent Authority

Common-law Robbery, Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury, Restitution

Premeditation and Deliberation, Flight Instruction, Double Jeopardy

Jury Instruction, Assault, Self-Defense

driving while impaired; motion to dismiss indictment; motions to suppress discovery; sentencing

Plain Error; Confessions; Guilty Plea

Motion to suppress; Meaningful appellate review; Right to confront witnesses; Non-hearsay; Motion to continue.

Jury instruction; acting in concert; concerted action; embezzlement; larceny by employee; corporate malfeasance; double jeopardy; ineffective assistance of counsel

criminal, motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion

Expert testimony; discovery violations; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence of weight of controlled substance; weight of material outside the scope of the definition of a controlled substance

Confidential Informant.

first degree murder; waiver-constitutional argument; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; premeditation and deliberation; prosecutorial statements in closing argument; standard for trial court's intervention ex mero motu.

assault by strangulation; motion to dismiss; lesser-included offense jury instruction; strangulation

Assault on government official; Alford plea; intoxication in public place; probable cause

murder, motion to sever, arrest judgment

Kidnapping with intent to terrorize; Motion to dismiss; NCGS § 15A-404 jury instruction (citizen's detention)

Willfulness, Ability to Comply, Child Support, Contempt