motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; traffic stop

Rape; kidnapping; plain error; occasional references to victim by prosecutor and witnesses during trial; sufficiency of evidence of separate restraint; reasonableness of satellite-based monitoring

N.C.G.S. 15A-1242; proof of service; notice of appeal

revocation hearing, worthless check, restitution payment, misdemeanor larceny, suspended sentence, right to speak, sentencing hearing

Bail bond forfeiture; undocumented immigrant held on federal immigration charges after posting bond; statutory precondition of release from State custody in order to forfeit bail bond

satellite-based monitoring; State v. Grady; remand for additional findings of fact

jury instructions; plain error

special jury instruction; burden of proof; statutory exception

Anders review, PWC, motion to suppress

relevant evidence; vouching for credibility of a child

First-degree kidnapping; Sufficiency of the Evidence; Closing Argument

Motion to Dismiss, Domestic Violence Protective Order, Jury Instructions, Plain Error

plain error; postal interdiction; search of a package; invocation of right to counsel; jury instructions

Motion to Dismiss, Jury Instructions, Plain Error, Sentencing

Rule 12 motion to dismiss; N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 39A; transfer fee covenant; equitable relief

Industrial Commission; negligent interference with a contract; failure to state a claim

Whether plaintiff's proffered expert qualifies under Rule 702(b) to offer standard of care testimony; whether the trial court erred in awarding summary judgment to defendant for lack of evidence of proximate cause.

Defamation; First Amendment; was the jury's finding of actual malice supported by sufficient evidence; did the trial court err by instructing the jury on the issue of falsity; did the trial court err by failing to instruct the jury that it must find one of the statutory aggravating factors under N.C.G.S. 1D-15 in order to award punitive damages.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by determining that plaintiff corporation's communications involving the purported agent of plaintiff's one-hundred percent shareholder are not privileged; whether the trial court abused its discretion by conducting a limited in camera review of documents to determine an issue of privilege.

Whether an affidavit submitted by an out-of-state party under N.C.G.S. 52C-3-315(b) must be notarized, or whether it simply may be sworn to under penalty of perjury.