First degree murder; Rule 404(b); evidence of assault before shooting; evidence of gunfire after shooting; chain of circumstances; complete story doctrine; plain error; requirement to show evidentiary error prejudicial

satellite-based monitoring; bring-back hearing; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 14-208.40B; qualification and risk assessment

Impaired driving; denial of motion for appropriate relief; challenge to State?s closing argument; no abuse of discretion; overwhelming evidence of guilt; N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 702(a1) violation; expert testimony regarding impairment; no plain error; substantial evidence of impaired driving.

Anders brief; postconviction DNA testing

trial court erred by conditioning driving while impaired defendant's transfer from supervised to unsupervised probation on the passage of a certain amount of time

surety, forfeiture, amendments

Motion to suppress, reasonable suspicion, motion to recuse.

DVPO, Domestic violence protective order, probable impact, instructional error.

Drug possession; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion for traffic stop; failure to use a turn signal; N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-154(a); stop not supported by reasonable suspicion because no violation of applicable traffic statute occurred; officer's belief violation had occurred not reasonable mistake of law

ineffective assistance of counsel; motion for appropriate relief; prejudice; inadequate investigation

Possession of firearm by felon; denial of motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence of constructive possession; unpreserved instructional and evidentiary challenges; plain error; challenge to instruction on actual possession; admission of evidence of gang affiliation

sentencing; rules of evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 15A-1334(b); arguments of counsel

Anders brief.

cross-examination; impeachment; evidence of past mental health; expert testimony; confrontation rights; consecutive sentences

possession of stolen goods; continuing offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-71.1

Reasonable suspicion; Semi-tractor-trailer driver's log; Vehicle search; Probable cause; Traffic stop; Nature of questions during stop; Delay during stop; Extension of stop; Scope of search; Motion to suppress; Consent; Anonymous tip; Totality of circumstances.

Forgery;
Uttering;
Obtaining Property by False Pretenses;
Fatal Defect;
Fatal Variance;
Motion to Dismiss;
Unpreserved Issues on Appeal;
Sufficiency of the State's evidence under State v. Golder, 374 N.C. 238, 246, 839 S.E.2d 782, 788 (2020);
Statutory Right to Recordation;
N.C. Gen Stat. ? 15A-1241;
Private Bench Conferences;

Gatekeeping Order; Post-Conviction Motions; Certiorari

omission of advanced supervised release from amended judgment was clerical error requiring correction on remand

statute authorizing punishment of second-degree murder as a class B1 felony under two of three definitions of malice was not ambiguous, and sentencing defendant as a B1 felony offender was not error where jury unanimously found by special verdict form that all three forms of malice had been proven by the state