Involuntary Commitment; Certiorari; Due Process; Findings of Fact

administration of estate; petition for sale to make assets and pay debts; de novo hearing in superior court; motion to continue; gatekeeper order

In re J.R. Involuntary commitment, hearing, witness, due process, inpatient treatment, doctor, impartial tribunal, judge, respondent

Expert witnesses; Rule of Evidence 702; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 90-21.12;

Jury instruction, bifurcate, accident, crash, syncope, damages, ex mero motu, closing argument, bamboozle, fool, workers compensation, sudden incapacitation, motor vehicle

Error to subject records under N.C. Gen. Stat. 58-10-430 to subpoena; no error to subject records under N.C. Gen. Stat. 58-30-62 to subpoena.

No error ordering the release of medical records.

Marriage, separation, child support, alimony, equitable distribution, attorneys fees, dependent spouse, supporting spouse, standard of living, unreasonable expenses, reasonable expenses

Findings of fact; unclean hands, breach of contract; unauthorized practice of law; conclusions of law; competent evidence

Petition for writ of certiorari, guilty plea, motion to suppress, sentencing, satellite-based monitoring

Anders brief

grant State's motion to dismiss; issue Defendant's writ of certiorari; motion for post-conviction DNA testing; North Carolina General Statute Section 15A-269(a); vacate portion of trial court's order barring similar future motions

Rule 404(b), prejudice, motion to dismiss, felony murder, attempted rape, overt act.

First-degree murder, robbery with dangerous weapon, second-degree murder, jury instruction, acting in concert, common plan, premeditation, deliberation, motion to dismiss, continuous chain of events, predicate felony

Batson challenge; facially neutral explanations for juror strikes; proof of purposeful discrimination

Fleeing to elude arrest, resisting public officer, possession of marijuana, child abuse, drug dealer, illegal drugs, testimony, character evidence, reasonable suspicion, reputation, motion to dismiss, substantial evidence, substantial risk of injury, reckless driving, close question

Admissibility; relevancy; Rule 403; Rule 608(b); witness' specific instances of conduct; impeachment

Sex offender registration; willful failure to notify of change of address; jury instructions on willfulness element; ex post facto challenge to changes in sex offender registration statutes

jury instructions

Sufficiency of the Evidence; First-Degree Murder in the Perpetration of a Felony; Felony Child Abuse