Termination of parental rights; Willful failure to make reasonable progress; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2); Opioid use disorder; Substance abuse; Mental health; Entering numerous treatment facilities without obtaining and maintaining sobriety does not equate to reasonable efforts.

Petition for determination of abandonment, willful abandonment, factual findings supported by sufficient evidence, credibility and weight of evidence

collateral attack; order designating exempt property; judgment debtor

Unauthorized transfer of land designated as cemetery in violation of NC Cemetery Act

Motion to dismiss; Subject matter jurisdiction; Petition for judicial review; Appeals decision; Higher authority decision; Lack of service; Jurisdiction; PWC; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-15(h)

continuing criminal enterprise, sufficiency of the indictment, subject matter jurisdiction.

1st degree Murder; Motion to Dismiss; Motion to Suppress; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Unanimous Jury Verdict

driver’s license checkpoint; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error

PWC; merit; plain error; de novo; magistrate; great deference; substantial basis; probable cause; nexus; reasonable cause; incriminating evidence; reasonable inference; prudent; practical; purely conclusory; underlying circumstances; training and experience; IAC; prejudice; double jeopardy; sole basis

sentencing; prior record level

Plea arrangement; no right to appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; restitution worksheet; victims; aggrieved parties; clerical error.

DWI, Highway collision, Inhalants, Preservation of constitutional issues, N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(4), Sixth Amendment, Expert witness, Right to confrontation, Rule of Evidence 404(b), Rule of Evidence 403, Evidence of malice.

motion to dismiss; substantial evidence; essential elements; perpetrator; sufficiency; possession of a firearm by a felon; constructive possession; totality of the circumstances; plain error; prejudice; probable impact; Rule 901(a); substantive evidence; illustrate; testimony; video; Rule 401; relevancy; tendency; more probable or less probable; prior felony; IAC; reasonable probability

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-190.16(a)(1); First-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-190.17(a)(2); Second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Lesser-included offense; Witness improperly instructing the jury; Misnaming the charged offense; Curative Instruction

Trafficking; Methamphetamine; Anders Brief; Meritorious Issue; Independent Review; Wholly Frivolous

Robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, juror exclusion

motion to compel arbitration; scope of arbitration agreement

Appeal by plaintiffs from TC's granting in part/denying in part defendants' 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss nine claims of plaintiffs re: fraud, UDTP, negligent misrepresentation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligent supervision and retention, slander, libel, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing

Whether post-separation conduct can be used to corroborate pre-separation conduct in alienation of affection and criminal conversation claims and whether the pre-separation evidence in this case gave rise to more than mere conjecture that defendant was plaintiff's wife's alleged paramour.