Anders brief; wholly frivolous; attorney fees; possession of a firearm by a felon; homicide; suicide; crime scene; defense of accident; second-degree murder; Alford plea; sentencing; prior record level

satellite-based monitoring; Fourth Amendment; aggravated offense

Attempted first degree murder; sufficiency of evidence of premeditation and deliberation; denial of request for jury instructions; attempted voluntary manslaughter; voluntary intoxication

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1444(a2)(2); guilty plea; court costs imposed across two judgments; alleged violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-304(a); no subject matter jurisdiction; appeal dismissed

Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; deadly weapon per se; overwhelming evidence of guilt; invited error.

Motion to dismiss; injury to real property; jury instructions; trespass; damage to real property; lease; reasonable belief; claim of right; motion in limine; preservation; appellate review; plain error; right to present a defense; felony; misdemeanor; intent

Indecent liberties; admission of corroborative testimony about out of court statements

Expert Testimony; Impermissible Vouching for Witness Credibility; Preservation; Prejudicial Error

child custody; relocation; findings of fact; appellate mandate; Ramirez-Barker v. Barker; abuse of discretion

interlocutory appeal, substantial right

Workers' compensation; denial of additional treatment; award of attorneys' fees for unfounded litigiousness under N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-88.1

Modification of child custody order; substantial change of circumstances; N.C.G.S. 50-13.7

Contempt; failure to pay child care expenses under court order; willfulness requirement; insufficient findings of fact

wrongful death while in custody; interlocutory appeal based on sovereign, governmental, or qualified immunity; trial court correctly granted in part and denied in part motion to dismiss; no immediate appeal of right existed from trial court's denial of claim for temporary or permanent injunction

Motion to dismiss; sovereign immunity; tribal defendants; Native American tribe; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; interlocutory; appellate jurisdiction; real property; easements

Res ipsa loquitur; negligence; medical negligence; medical malpractice; special pleading requirements; Rule 9(j); Rules of Civil Procedure; motion to dismiss; interlocutory appeal; appellate jurisdiction; and vicarious liability.

modification of child support; calculation of gross income; witness credibility; issue abandoned on appeal

Anders brief; prior record level; sentence dispositions; sentence duration

Invited instructional error; indecent liberties; double jeopardy.