child custody; trial court did not err in refusing to admit evidence of infidelity of one spouse; trial court's challenged findings of fact were supported by competent evidence or were recitations of testimony not necessary to support court's ultimate findings of fact and conclusions of law; expert did not engage in improper vouching; court's findings on the ultimate facts resolved all the material issues in controversy

Directed Verdict; Fraud; Breach of Contract; Relevant Evidence; Motion to Amend

Administrative Law Judge; hearsay evidence; dismissal for just cause; career State employee; grossly inefficient job performance; unacceptable personal conduct;

easement, appurtenant, not located, acquiesced, competent evidence, practical location, reasonable way, Dead Man's Statute, Hearsay

neglect, dependency, finding of fact, alternative child care arrangement

Order of Industrial Commission; interlocutory appeal; appellate jurisdiction.

Medical malpractice claim; sufficiency of Rule 9(j) certification; dismissal; denial of motion to amend Rule 9(j) certification; futility of amendment

Proper Venue; Notice and Hearing; Waiver

Proper Venue; Notice and Hearing; Waiver

Industrial Commission; State Tort Claims Act; Rule 60 motion for relief from judgment; Rule 60(b)(3); untimely motion; Rule 60(b)(6); abuse of discretion standard

N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1354(a); discretion to impose consecutive or concurrent sentences; notice and opportunity to be heard before imposition of civil judgment for attorneys' fees; duplicative court costs; fee not supported by evidence

First degree kidnapping; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; intent to terrorize victim

Felony child abuse; motion to dismiss; reliability of expert testimony; motion to continue; sufficient notice of expert testimony; relevant evidence; character evidence; closing arguments.

child sexual abuse; trial court did not err in allowing witness testimony about what victim disclosed; no error or abuse of discretion in admission of evidence of the defendant's masturbation; fact of the defendant's probation was admitted as evidence of flight; defendant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel

Drug offenses; appeal from guilty plea; appellate jurisdiction; petition for writ of certiorari; sufficiency of factual basis; defendant's right to be heard before imposition of court-appointed attorneys' fees

motion for a mistrial; Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel; Eyewitness Identification Reform Act (?EIRA?)

robbery with a firearm; jury instructions; trial court did not err when it did not designate the victims named in the indictment as the alleged victims of the armed robbery

Possession of firearm by felon separate indictment requirement; findings of fact regarding material evidentiary conflict; readily accessible firearm; objective probable cause.

Drug offenses; challenges to admission of testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel claim; plain error

Firearm, motion to dismiss, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1, occupied, vehicle