non-jurisdictional appellate rule violation amounting to substantial failure or gross violation; dismissal for failure to comply with Rule 9(a) of North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure

Interpretation of contracts: ambiguity, arbitration clause versus conflicting clauses

Termination of parental rights; remand from Supreme Court; neglect; reasonable progress; findings do not support conclusions

mentally ill, dangerous to others, involuntary commitment, prima facie presumption, right to confrontation, statutory mandate, hearsay, sua sponte

last will and testament; holographic will; testamentary intent; devisavit vel non; caveat; power of attorney; probate

Child Support

real property; homeowner's associations; restrictive covenants; fines and injunctive relief for failure to conform to restrictive covenants

respondeat superior; Rule 9(j); negligence; wrongful death; res ipsa loquitur; corporate negligence; personal injury; hospital; medical malpractice

DNA evidence; DNA testing; fingerprints; post-conviction motion; materiality; murder

Special Probation Condition; Drug Treatment Program; Reasonably Related to Rehabilitation

Jury instructions, assault on a law enforcement officer

Petition for writ of certiorari; motion to amend; trafficking in opium; lesser-included instruction ex mero motu; plain error; appellate rule 10(a); mixture establishes total weight of controlled substance.

Termination of Registration Requirements.

Petition for A Writ of Certiorari; Sentencing Errors; Conceded Error

Certiorari, Abuse of Discretion, Mandamus, Judicial Notice

Termination of Registration Requirements.

Breaking and entering with intent to terrorize or injure; first-degree kidnapping; attempted first-degree forcible rape; restraint inherent in other crime.

photographs, prejudice, homicide

elder abuse; involuntary manslaughter; motion to dismiss; expert testimony; invited error

Probation revocation; Jail credit