Permanency planning hearing;
Guardianship;
Constitutionally Protected Status;
Unsupported Findings of Fact;

Rule 12(b)(6) motion; IIED; intrusion upon seclusion; interlocutory appeal; motion to dismiss appeal; substantial right; motion to strike.

mediated settlement agreement; material terms; capacity; statute of frauds; summary judgment standard; N.C.G.S. § 7A-38.1(l); N.C.R. App. P. 10(a)(1)

Waiver of discovery objections in domestic case

Intervenor-plaintiff; N.C.G.S. § 50-13.1(a); permanent custody order; third party standing for custody of minor child; personal jurisdiction

interlocutory discovery order; statutory privilege; appellate jurisdiction; motion to dismiss appeal; statement of the grounds for appellate review; substantial right

findings of fact, non-jury trial, Rule 52

Open meetings law; E-mail as a meeting; Simultaneous communication; Judgement on the pleadings.

pension; state; felony; employment; summary judgment; sexual; exploitation; minor.

12(b)(6); Constitutional Claims; Article I, Section 1; Article I, Section 19; Municipalities; Ultra Vires; Reversed; Remand

Motion to dismiss, contract to sell and purchase, time is of the essence, reasonable time to close the sale and purchase, property. 

motion to suppress evidence; traffic stop; Terry frisk; drugs; firearms; search incident to a lawful arrest; totality of the circumstances

judicial review of defendant’s sentence pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-1380.5; discretionary recommendation; statutory mandate; reviewed on appeal for an abuse of discretion.

lay witness testimony; identification; surveillance footage; plain error review

Sufficiency of evidence of intent to sell or distribute controlled substance; rule 404(b) character evidence used for purpose of establishing case circumstances, not for propensity; invited error

continuance; no structural error; jury instruction; failure to instruct the jury; no plain error; knowledge of controlled substance; trafficking by possession

post-conviction DNA testing, post-conviction DNA preservation, destruction of DNA evidence, due process violation, bad faith requirement, N.C.G.S.15A-268

Statutory sex offense;
Statutory rape;
Indecent liberties;
Hearsay;
Statements for Medical Treatment;
Rule of Evidence 803(4);
Failure to Object;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

attempted second-degree rape; first-degree burglary; plain error review; deceased victim’s statements as substantive evidence; hearsay; past recorded recollections; biometric evidence; invited error; overwhelming evidence of guilt

motion to suppress; constitutionality of a vehicle search; K-9 unit; length of the traffic stop