admission of witness testimony; sufficiency of findings of fact and conclusions of law; judicial determination of rights to use and control church property

Rule 60(b)(1); excusable neglect; class action

summary judgment; hospital facility fees; breach of contract; quantum meruit; EMTALA; motion to strike

Termination of parental rights; sufficiency of findings of fact; sufficiency of conclusions of law; willful failure to make reasonable progress; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2); domestic violence; substance abuse; affirmed.

interlocutory order

Residual hearsay exception, unavailability of juvenile declarant, trustworthiness, more probative than other available evidence

Termination of parental rights; TPR; Willful failure to make reasonable progress; Substance abuse; Inconsistent progress; Neglected juvenile

trial court's adjudication of neglect was supported by competent evidence of substantial risk of future harm and lack of parental concern where mother murdered father in the presence of her two children

ICWA
25 USC 1912
Termination of parental rights
Federally recognized tribe

Termination of Parental Rights, Failure to Make Reasonable Progress, Sufficient Evidence, Addiction

termination of parental rights, grounds for termination, willful abandonment, best interests of the child

summary judgment; PWC; public official immunity

trial court abused its discretion in concluding the defendant had absconded, thereby violating his probation, in the absence of sufficient evidence that the alleged absconding was willful

trial court did not plainly err by not instructing jury on reasonable belief in consent as defense to charge of second-degree forcible sexual offense because this defense is not recognized under North Carolina law; cold record did not reveal that trial counsel was ineffective

Anders brief; Alford plea; sentencing

satellite-based monitoring; State v. Hilton; conflict between trial court's oral ruling and written order

Murder; robbery with a dangerous weapon; motion to suppress; preservation; waiver; sufficiency of search warrant affidavit; staleness of information in warrant affidavit; exclusion of self-defense evidence as discovery sanction; Hobson's choice dilemma

Expert witness; Expert witness testimony; North Carolina Rule of Evidence Rule 702; Daubert factors; North Carolina Rule of Evidence Rule 403; Probative value; First-degree Murder; qEEG assessments; qEEG

satellite-based monitoring; lifetime SBM;