Interlocutory Appeal;
Entry of Default;
Rule 60(b) Motion;
Petition for Writ of Certiorari;
Appellate Rule 21(b);

Interlocutory appeal; partial summary judgment; breach of contract claim; partial summary judgment on contract damages; genuine issues of material fact as to remaining portion of contract damages; substantial right

secured transactions; execution on lien by sheriff's sale extinguished liens recorded after sale; sheriff's deed did not control what encumbrances remained on property; equitable subrogation did not apply to place holder of lien recorded after sheriff's sale in the position of prior lien holder where judgment was publicly recorded before loan transaction was consummated; lien holder could not have been excusably ignorant of prior lien, despite misrepresentation regarding judgment by debtor

writ of execution, Section 1-358, Section 1-360, N.C.R. App. P. 10(a), Section 1-362

no full compliance where Plaintiffs did not deposit an earnest money deposit before the Agreement expired on 3 November 2020 at 5:00 p.m.; no substantial performance where the envelope containing the earnest money deposit was post-marked 5 November 2020 and received 16 November 2020.

domestic violence protective order (DVPO), motion to dismiss, act of domestic violence, causing bodily injury

Child custody;
Rule 60(b);
Child support;
Cohabitation;
Content judgment;

Jury instructions defining terrorize in breaking or entering prosecution; plain error.

writ of certiorari, probation, Rule 2, abuse of discretion

Second degree murder; fatal motor vehicle accident; challenge to admission of expert testimony; plain error; accident reconstruction; retrograde extrapolation; ruling on discovery violation; Rule 404(b) evidence of license revocation; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence of driving and malice

habitual impaired driving; plain error; post-arrest silence; opinion testimony; motor vehicle collision; State?s closing argument; ex mero motu

trial court did not err in admitting hearsay statements of victim as hearsay declarant's state of mind at the time of the statement; trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss where evidence of motive and opportunity were sufficient to support first-degree murder charge

first-degree murder, police interrogation, jury instruction

First-Degree Sexual Offense with a minor;
Statutory Rape of a Child;
Indecent Liberties;
Motion to Dismiss;
Failure to Object;
Plain Error Review;
Rule404(b) - similar victims;
Rule 403
Vouching;
Defendant's Admissions;
Prosecutor's Remarks During Closing Arguments;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Prior inconsistent statements, impeachment, material versus collateral, extrinsic evidence.

evidence; Rule 404(b); Rule 403; sex crimes

Jury instructions; lesser included offense; all the evidence tends to show a shooting with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill.

Rules of Evidence 403 and 412, false accusation of sexual assault, disputed recollection, low probative value.

Misdemeanor stalking; challenge to exclusion of evidence; requirement of offer of proof; term of probation exceeding statutory authority; civil judgment for attorneys' fees; notice and opportunity to be heard

petition for writ of certiorari; 18 U.S.C. section 2703(d); historical CSLI; probable cause; confidential informant; good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule