Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

voluntary manslaughter; jury instructions; sufficiency of evidence to survive motion to dismiss; preserving issue re: sufficiency of evidence

nighttime element of burglary; judicial notice; jury instructions; restitution

4th/14th amendments, search of person, Terry pat-down; consent to search, seizure of person; motion to suppress

Reasonable Suspicion
Infer findings
Uncontradicted evidence

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Cocaine, Expert Testimony

Jury Instruction, Acting in concert, Unsupported legal theory, Prejudice

Restitution order vacated where supported only by prosecutor assertion

Categories; Sixth Amendment; Right to Counsel.

solicitation to commit murder; jury instructions

Hearsay; Statement Against Interest

Attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon; jury instructions; lesser included offenses; common law robbery; simple assault; BB gun; de novo review; firearm; dangerous weapon; failure to instruct; reversible error; conflicting evidence; out-of-court statement by party-opponent

Boundary dispute; whether the trial court erred in granting judgment for defendant in an action to quiet title and in determining the location of the boundary line at issue.

Whether the conduct in this case was related to the rendering of professional services such that plaintiff is exempt from UDTP liability by the learned profession exception.

Termination of parental rights; whether the district court received sufficient evidence and made adequate findings of fact to support a termination of respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) (2017); whether the district court abused its discretion by concluding that termination was in one of the child's best interest.

Appeal from orders terminating respondents' parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) (2017); whether the district court's findings of fact supported its conclusion of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated; no-merit review of respondent-father's appeal pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e).

Termination of parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) (2017); whether the district court should have appointed respondent-mother a guardian ad litem; whether the district court's findings of fact supported its conclusion that respondent-father's parental rights were subject to termination; whether a statement by the district court reflected bias.

Whether sufficient evidence existed to raise a jury question with regard to the larceny charge against defendant.

Appeal from sentence imposed for sexual offenses with a child after the trial court failed to conduct a charge conference before instructing the jury concerning an aggravating factor that the jury then found to exist; whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating defendant's sentence and remanding for a new jury trial to determine the existence of the aggravating factor; validity of indictment for sexual offense against a child.