parental rights; termination; neglect; social services; custody; best interest of the child

termination of parental rights; abandonment; neglect

termination of parental rights; competency; appointment of a guardian ad litem

Felony animal cruelty, NCGS 14-360; lesser-included offense instruction; motion to dismiss; prior notice of defenses, NCGS 15A-905; accident, justification, ineffective assistance of counsel.

Statutory Construction, Habitual Impaired Driving

Leg shackles; Rules of Evidence; Rule 412; Prejudice

Imperfect Self-defense, Aggressor, Second-degree murder, Deadly weapon

sex offenses; satellite-based monitoring; restitution; closing argument; grossly improper; ineffective assistance of counsel; prejudice; ex mero motu; relevance; evidence; manifest injustive; Rule 2

Altering court documents or entering unauthorized judgments; Access of a government computer to defraud; Variance between indictment and proof.

robbery; conspiracy; second degree kidnapping; motion to suppress; ineffective assistance of counsel; fourth amendment; warrant; probable cause

Character evidence, motive, prior incarceration, plain error, ineffective assistance of counsel

Reasonable Suspicion
Competent Evidence
Infer
Confidential Informant

preservation for issue, motion to dismiss

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; plain error; voluntary intoxication instruction; specific intent to kill

Summary ejectment; HUD regulations; Unfair or deceptive trade practice

Workers? compensation, witness testimony, impermissibly disregarded, sufficiency of the evidence, credibility

res judicata

N.C.R. App. P. 3.1; abused and neglected juveniles; adjudicatory findings; expert opinion testimony regarding sexual abuse

juvenile reunification efforts