legally proper venue motion to dismiss

life sentence, parole, resentencing, de facto life sentence, life expectancy, concurrent, consecutive, motion for appropriate relief

structural error, reasonable doubt, role of jury, motion for appropriate relief

motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; obtaining property by false pretenses; acting in concert; constructive presence; hearsay; preservation; error in jury instruction; specific misrepresentation alleged in indictment

Fourth Amendment; motion to suppress evidence obtained during driving checkpoint; findings and conclusions required in support of trial court's denial of motion to suppress were deficient; appellate review of challenge to statutory procedure for checkpoints waived

minor, life sentence, parole, consecutive sentences, satellite-based monitoring, Eighth Amendment 

Satellite-based monitoring, Grady, Evidence of efficacy

disorderly conduct; resisting a public officer; substantial interference with operation of a school; mere remonstration; willful and unlawful action

Post-Release Supervision, Warrantless search, conditions, Fourth Amendment, Statutory Construction

Evidentiary challenge; plain error; expert testimony; Rule 702; harmless error; jury instruction on flight

petition for writ of certiorari, lifetime SBM, duplicative court costs

Expert witness, vouching, truthfulness, satellite-based monitoring

Self defense instruction, initial aggressor, regain right to self-defense

constitutionality of warrantless search of an occupant of property for which a valid search warrant exists; the defendant did not qualify as an occupant because he did not pose a threat to safe execution of warrant; no reasonable suspicion supported warrantless frisk of the defendant for officer safety; inevitable discovery doctrine did not cure unlawful search and allow admission of seized evidence where the state failed to demonstrate arrest of defendant in the course of executing warrant was probable; correction of clerical errors in judgments was required where judgments did not reflect sentence rendered in open court

Consumer Economic Protection Act of 2009; Statutory Interpretation; Unfair Practices; Debt Collection; Debt Buyers; Standing

mutual mistake, reformation of deed, statute of limitations on challenge to transfer under power of attorney, post-judgment appeal of denial of motion for summary judgment

Negligence claims by builder against architect or engineer; applicability of licensure defense, for failing to obtain general contracting license, to negligence claims against architects or engineers

Whether the Court of Appeals properly determined that an interlocutory assessment of a local government staff member constituted a final, binding decision; whether the Court of Appeals rendered impermissible advisory opinions; whether a moratorium on a local permitting ordinance constitutes grounds to deny a permit application submitted prior to the enactment of the moratorium; whether the Planning Board exceeded its authority; and whether the Court of Appeals misapplied the law.

Constitutional Law; Whether the Governor or the General Assembly has the authority to determine the manner in which monies derived from certain federal block grant programs should be disbursed.