Probation Revocation; New Criminal Offense, Clerical Error

sex-offender registration; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.12A(a); equal protection; residency; termination petition

Subject matter jurisdiction, motion to set aside bond forfeiture, conviction, deferred prosecution, probation.

Lawful arrest; warrantless arrest; objective probable cause; resisting arrest; assault on a government official; malicious conduct by a prisoner; line of demarcation; motion to dismiss.

trial court's findings and conclusions were sufficient to support the order denying defendant's motion to suppress and probable cause supported search and search incident to arrest

Motion for appropriate relief; NCGS 15A-1419; Issues were raised or had the opportunity to be raised on previous appeal

Felony murder; unpreserved juror challenge; motion to suppress custodial, noncustodial statements; jury instruction on lesser-included offense, second-degree murder; superior court transfer hearing.

motion to suppress

Whether the trial court considered matters outside the pleading and thus converted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss to a Rule 56 motion for summary judgment.

Whether, under common law agency tenets, a principal in a joint real estate development venture is imputed with the knowledge of a co-principal's intent to defraud creditors by way of an insider conveyance of real estate property that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the co-principal's creditor.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in applying a de novo standard of review in reviewing findings of the Industrial Commission under the timely-filing requirement of N.C.G.S. 97-24 and reversing the Commission's dismissal of plaintiff's claim on that basis.

Appeal from order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); neglect.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination of willful abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).

Termination of parental rights; adjudication of ground for termination based on neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Whether the trial court's factual findings supported its legal conclusion that respondent-mother had acted inconsistently with her constitutionally protected status as a parent by ceding custody of her minor children to their paternal grandmother and whether the trial court appropriately applied the 'best interests of the child' standard in awarding guardianship to the paternal grandmother.

Whether the trial court violated respondent-father's constitutional rights when it denied his request for a continuance, preventing him from appearing at a hearing on a petition for termination of his parental rights because the federal prison where respondent-father was incarcerated was under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that respondent-father failed to preserve his constitutional argument.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the evidence and findings supported the conclusion that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying respondent-mother's motion to continue the termination hearing.