Petition to partition; reimbursement to co-tenant; statutes of limitations: NCGS 1-52(1) and NCGS 1-56; burden on summary judgment; presumption of validity of marriage; laches as an affirmative defense, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 8(c).

child and spousal support; means to defray expense of defense; findings required for attorney's fee award; necessity of findings regarding litigant's assets or debts

Unemployment benefits; ambiguous employee statements or actions; statutory meaning of left work

Separation agreement; Specific performance; Credit

sufficiency of evidence for appellate review - motion to dismiss appeal; racial discrimination in use of peremptory challenges in jury selection - prima facie claim - Batson v Kentucky

Second-degree murder; plain error; hearsay; improper closing argument; IAC; prior consistent statement; defendant's statments after Miranda waiver.

Flight instruction; Lesser included offense; Voluntary manslaughter.

Felony child abuse

probation revocation; probationer's right to confrontation at revocation hearing

Voluntary Intoxication, Jury Instruction

Illegal sentence; sentence after remand; NCGS 15A-1335.

Second-degree murder; NCGS 8-53; NCGS 90-21.20B(a1); malice; excessive speed; reckless driving.

possession with intent to sell or distribute methamphetamine; motion to suppress; consent to search; search and seizure

bench trial; confrontation rights; second-degree burglary; sufficiency of the evidence

felony identity theft; name and date of birth; identifying information; In re Civil Penalty

child support; post-separation support; attorneys? fees; parenting agreement; child support arrearages

Default judgment as Rule 37 discovery sanction; Rule 59 motion tolled period to notice appeal; argument to reverse default judgment unpreserved; retirement of trial judge rendered Rule 59 motion unreviewable below; Rule 59 motion denied