Motion to suppress evidence; Fourth Amendment; traffic stop; weapons frisk; Terry frisk; totality of circumstances; validated gang member; officer's knowledge of prior murder charge; frisk of vehicle; may not raise different theory on appeal; prior record level worksheet; notice of prior record level point for committing a crime while on probation; parole or post-release supervision; waiver of notice of prior record level point.

Confrontation Clause; probable cause hearing; no meaningful prior opportunity to cross-examine witness; constitutional error not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

TSERS benefits accrual, estoppel from denial based on employer error

sovereign immunity, implied-in-fact contract, immunity for institutions of higher learning related to COVID-19

Procedure for Standing in child custody hearing, parent and child relationship, unchallenged findings of fact are binding.

employment contract; sovereign immunity; public official immunity; summary judgment; Rule 15

abused and neglected juvenile; home state of the juvenile; temporary emergency jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50A-204; caretaker status; preservation; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 7B-903; statutory interpretation

USCIS Form I-864 Affidavit of Support;
Household Size to Determine Financial Support;
Sponsored Immigrant's Income;
Quasi-Contract;
Equitable Damages;
Foreign-Money Claims Act, N.C. Gen Stat. 1C-1820-1834;
Missing Trial Transcript;
Attorney's Fees, N.C. Rev. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5;

Rule 54(b) certification; substantial right; interlocutory appeal; dismissal

Permissible scope of Terry frisk; motion to suppress; armed and dangerous; reasonable suspicion; ?plain feel? doctrine; ?immediately apparent? object; probable cause.

plain error review; Rule 403; post-arrest silence; no prejudicial error; in camera review; preservation; appellate record; motion to dismiss

resentencing; Anders review

Alford plea; restitution; restitution worksheet; contractual nature of plea agreement; prosecutor's statements; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec.15A-1340.36.

second-degree murder; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

1st Degree Murder;
Attempted First Degree Murder;
Arson;
Felony Murder;
Premeditation and deliberation;
Sufficiency of indictment;
Rules 401, 402, 403, 404(b);
Transferred Intent;
Prior Bad Acts;

motion to suppress; traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; medically canceled driver's license; search incident to arrest

Dismissal of unnecessary petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1222 and 15A-1232; fair and clear jury instructions taken as a whole; DNA and fingerprint evidence; insufficient expert testimony under Rule 702(a)(3); no prejudicial error in admission of expert testimony; habitual breaking and entering status offense as a Class E felony; no clerical error on written judgment.

Rule 404(b) prior bad act evidence; motion to dismiss N.C.G.S. 90-108(a)(7)

Breaking or entering; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-54(a); felonious larceny; restitution award; definite and certain stipulation; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; intent to commit larceny.