Plain Error; Jury Instructions; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Jury instructional errors, fatal variances, and lessor-included offense instructions.

Expert opinion testimony; Rule 702; Vouching

Chain of custody

maintaining a dwelling; manufacturing methamphetamine; motion to dismiss; NCGS § 15-11.1

Writ of certiorari; knowing and voluntary guilty plea; minimum sentence under Structured Sentencing grid; supervised probation

Deficiencies in Trial Transcript; Harmless Error

Indecent liberties with child; N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-202.1

medical negligence; causation; expert testimony; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

Particularized Actual Injury; Standing; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Motion to Dismiss

Career teacher dismissal; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-325; due process; equal protection; breach of contract; tortious interference with contract; intentional infliction of emotional distress; violation of § 115C-276; North Carolina constitution claims; Rule 12(b)(1); Rule 12(b)(6)

Adjudication of Delinquency; Necessary Findings; Conceded Error

Termination of parental rights; best interests of the child; grandparent; placement with a relative

Adjudication of Neglect; Sufficient Finding of Fact

Attorney's fees; Standard of review

Mesothelioma; last injurious exposure; multiple employers; challenged findings of fact;

Abandoned arguments; Summary Judgment; Genuine Issues of Material Fact; Judgment on the Pleadings

Subject matter jurisdiction; Modification of child custody; Substantial change in circumstances