headbutt, testimony, lay opinion testimony, assault on a law enforcement officer inflicting physical injury, plain error, intent, witness

breaking and entering, diminished capacity, reasonable doubt

Expert opinion, Rule 702, latent fingerprinting, abuse of discretion

sufficiency of the evidence; second-degree kidnapping; kidnapping by fraud; ineffective assistance of counsel

Closing argument, ex mero motu, plain error, witness testimony, indictment, fatally defective, jury instructions, statutory rape

N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1344(f); error when trial court revoked probation and activated sentence without making requisite specific finding of good cause;

joinder; transactional connection

Closing arguments, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

DWI; failure to provide adequate breath sample; motion to dismiss; sufficient evidence.

Probation; conditions of probation; violation and revocation; no contact orders; felony stalking; new crime; N.C. R. App. 13(a)(1); Order and response to COVID outbreak.

Anders; possession of marijuana with intent to sell; identification

Strict liability; regulatory offenses

criminal contempt; failure to appear can constitute interference with a court's lawful process and serve as basis for criminal contempt; jurisdiction to review plenary proceedings for criminal contempt appealed from district court to superior court; nature of de novo review of plenary proceedings of criminal contempt in superior court; notice required for plenary proceedings for criminal contempt and validity of show cause order to provide notice; erroneous failure to apply beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof in plenary proceeding for criminal contempt in district court was not a jurisdictional defect; testimony by judicial official who presided over prior proceeding was permissible in subsequent proceeding before different judicial official on appeal from prior proceeding

motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; traffic stop; appellate jurisdiction; attorney's fees; civil judgment

n.c. gen stat. 136-44.50 - 44.54, Map Act, inverse condemnation and takings, jury instructions, tax reimbursements, interest calculations

Child Custody, Child Support, Attorney's Fees

Medical malpractice; Wording error in Rule 9(j) certification; Motion to amend; Inability to engage in meaningful appellate review

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) (2019); whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondents' parental rights was in the best interests of the juveniles.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2), (7) (2019); whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying respondent-father's motion to continue the termination hearing; whether the trial court's findings of fact are supported by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; whether the trial court's findings of fact support its conclusions of law that grounds exist to terminate respondent-father's parental rights on the basis of willful failure to make reasonable progress to correct the conditions that led to the child's removal and willful abandonment.

Appeal from order terminating parental rights; DSS standing; collateral attack on initial adjudication order; lack of UCCJEA findings.