driving while impaired; sufficiency of the evidence that defendant was driving

First Amendment challenge; Harassment of a juror; Conspiracy to commit harassment of a juror; Content-neutral restriction; Intermediate scrutiny; Sufficiency of the evidence; Pretrial discovery obligations of a criminal defendant; Character evidence; Hearsay; and Jury instructions.

Jury trial; prosecutorial commenting on post-Miranda silence; prosecutorial question assuming a fact not in evidence; closing argument referencing excluded evidence

First-degree murder; premeditation and deliberation; no jury instruction on lesser-included offenses.

Denial of motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence; trafficking in cocaine by possession; N.C. Gen Stat. 90-95(h)(3)(c)

improper jury instruction; plain error; consecutive sentences

Expert testimony; proximate causation

Driving While Impaired, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver, Motion to Dismiss, Sufficiency of Evidence, Appreciable Impairment

Interlocutory Appeal; Substantial Right; Failure to Include Statement of Grounds for Appellate Review; Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction

Interlocutory order- substantial right; motion to recuse; denial of access to records, NCGS 1-72.1; fragmentary appeals.

interlocutory appeal; Rule 12(b)(1); negligence; NIED; loss of services; punitive damages

appellate jurisdiction; Rules of Appellate Procedure; notice of appeal; service; Industrial Commission

motion to dismiss; breach of fiduciary duty; unfair trade practices; North Carolina Debt Collection Act

judgment notwithstanding the motion; wrongful discharge; punitive damages; treble damages; motion for new trial; jury instructions; attorney's fees

Civil Contempt

Interlocutory appeal; no substantial right; employment contract; non-compete clause; preliminary injunction.

Harmony; Ordinance; Board; Competent