Discharging a weapon into occupied dwelling; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; alleged violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1222 by trial court expression of opinion on testimony

use of the term victim not per se error, much less plain error

caretaker of elder adult; domestic setting; caretaker neglect; failure to provide care

restitution, sufficient evidence, restitution worksheet

insufficient evidence that vehicle was kept or maintained under N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-108(a)(7); insufficient evidence of keeping or selling controlled substances under N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-108(a)(7);

Possession of heroin; probation violation; contempt; petition for writ of certiorari; Anders brief.

Workplace Injury, Industrial Commission

subject matter jurisdiction of North Carolina Industrial Commission

UCCJEA; subject-matter jurisdiction

Juvenile neglect adjudication and disposition; ambiguity in dispositional order; failure to address reunification efforts with respect to respondent-father

Distribution of food with foreign object, juvenile, plain error

Power of Sale; Non-Judicial Foreclosure; Deed of Trust; Evidentiary Burden

Juvenile delinquency; sexual battery; sufficient evidence of force; statutory duty of trial court to advise juvenile of right against self-incrimination

local government; utility regulation; prospective use charges for water and sewer services in excess of statutory authority

Ecclesiastical Entanglement Doctrine; Defamation; First Amendment

child custody; reunification therapy; findings of fact

amending declaration; developer; reasonableness; summary judgment

child custody, contempt

family law; equitable distribution, alimony, and attorney's fees; sufficiency of findings to support alimony award; sufficiency of findings to support attorney's fee award

Declaratory judgment - real property rights; real covenants; contract interpretation; N.C.G.S. 47-F-1-103