post-conviction DNA testing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-269(c)

sufficiency of indictment to confer subject-matter jurisdiction on trial court; using initials to name victim in indictment charging sex offense; motion for appropriate relief

issue is whether the trial court erred in sentencing juvenile defendant to LWOP and whether the sentence was constitutional

Motion to suppress; order entered out of term

issues include whether trial court committed plain error by failing to strike inadmissible polygraph testimony or give a curative instruction directing jury to disregard the same, or both; and whether defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel

Modification of probation; special conditions of probation; Anders brief; dismiss.

issues include whether trial court's findings of fact are supported by competent evidence; whether the court properly weighed mitigating evidence; whether the court applied the correct legal standard in imposing two consecutive LWOP sentences; and whether said sentences are constitutional

Plea colloquy; probationary status; and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1022.1(e).

standing of relative to seek child custody; trial court erred in granting motion to dismiss for lack of standing under Rule 12(b)(6) where allegations in complaint and evidence submitted in support thereof showed that parents were unfit and had acted inconsistently with their constitutionally protected status as parents

grant of motion to dismiss was not error where defendant did not sign contract in an individual capacity; trial court's failure to rule on motion to amend or alter judgment was not preserved for appellate review

Governmental immunity, process, service of process, discontinuance, unnamed parties, motion to dismiss

Domestic violence protective order, personal relationship, judicial admission, illustrative evidence, prejudice.

healthcare, managed care organization, local management entity, Medicaid, health care provider, contract, administrative law, summary judgment, services, utilization review

motion for summary judgment, premises liability

Juvenile delinquency; adjudication and disposition; NCGS 2405(4) privilege against self-incrimination; required findings of fact.

Disposition order; guardianship; abuse of discretion; nonrelative placement; kinship placement; nonsecure custody

neglect adjudication of newborn; sufficiency of the evidence to support findings of fact; sufficiency of findings to support conclusions of law

? juvenile adjudicated delinquent
? trial court failed to address mandated inquiries before accepting juvenile's admission pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2407(a) (2019)
? reversed and remanded

unchallenged findings of fact supported conclusions of law; no abuse of discretion when ceasing reunification efforts with Respondent-Father