kidnapping; restraint for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily harm; sufficiency of the evidence.

issues are whether court committed plain error by failing to inform jury of its decision to sustain objection and whether court abused its discretion by admitting alleged inflammatory evidence

Drug trafficking, ineffective assistance of counsel, Franks v. Delaware hearing, right to speedy appeal, prejudice, concurrent sentences.

Preservation, jury instructions, and self-defense

malicious conduct by prisoner; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error; lay-opinion testimony; motion to sequester witnesses; calculation of prior record level

First-degree murder; Evidence Rule 702; fingerprint testimony; right to public trial; preserved objections.

Motion to Continue; Forensic Reports; Confrontation Clause

Waiver of counsel; NCGS 15A-1242

Motion to Dismiss; Sufficiency of the Evidence; Rule 404(b); Rule 403

professional responsibility; disqualification of counsel based on conflicts of interest between former counsel and counsel associated in practice with former counsel; conflict imputation to lawyers associated in practice; Rules 1.6, 1.9, and 1.10 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct; no appeal of right exists from the denial of a motion to disqualify opposing counsel; trial court did not err, much less abuse its discretion, in denying motion to disqualify based on imputed conflict between former counsel in the same case who became associated in practice with opposing counsel after representation was terminated

Civil contempt; Rule 70 motion

responsible individuals list; child abuse; sufficient findings of fact

Reverse and remand ALJ decision Respondent North Carolina Highway Patrol had just cause to terminate Petitioner Trooper for alleged violations of Respondent's policy; analysis of Wetherington factors under Warren framework.

deed of trust reformation, motion for summary judgment, motion to intervene, Statute of Frauds

Industrial Commission, motion for summary judgment, interlocutory appeal.

Juvenile; permanency planning order; statutory findings; grant of guardianship

Adjudication order; neglect; findings of fact domestic violence; substantial risk of harm

attorney?s fees; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-16.1

Choice of law, contract, nonresident defendant, personal jurisdiction, remote work, specific jurisdiction, telework