Award of guardianship, actions inconsistent with a parent's constitutionally protected status, verification that a guardian understands the legal significance of the appointment, N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-600, specification of frequency and duration of visits pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-905.1, trial court did not impermissibly delegate judicial authority in award of visitation, findings sufficient to cease reunification efforts.

Involuntary Commitment; Dangerousness to Others

Findings of fact, elimination of reunification, neglected juvenile, permanency planning order

Findings of fact required when trial court sits without a jury in hearing regarding domestic violence protection order; Chapter 50B; Rule 52(a)(1) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Findings of fact required when trial court sits without a jury in hearing regarding domestic violence protection order; Chapter 50B; Rule 52(a)(1) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Judicial sale; execution sale; secondary remedies; judicial foreclosure; appropriate foreclosure remedies under N.C.G.S. § 47C-3-116 and N.C.G.S. § 1-339.1; voided judgments on remand; attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 75-16.1; and attorney fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. §§ 47C-3-116 and 47C-4-117.

First degree murder; Castle Doctrine, pre-trial determination of Castle Doctrine immunity; rebuttable presumption of imminent death or serious bodily harm; jury instructions

First-Degree Murder; Premeditation and Deliberation; Rules 404(b) and 403; Closing Arguments; Motion to Dismiss

1st and 2d degree forcible rape; 1st and 2d degree forcible sexual offense; inconsistent and contradictory verdicts; DNA evidence; serious personal injury.

accident instruction; ex mero motu mistrial right

Incorrect sentence, intimidating witness, jury instructions, motion to dismiss, preservation, State v. Golder, restitution, variance

attorney?s fees; civil judgments; failure to comply with North Carolina Rule of Appellate Procedure 3; without merit; deny PWC; appeal dismissed

Expenses, civil judgment, attorney fees, certiorari, diligence in prosecution, civil lien

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment search and seizure; permissible scope and duration of traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; challenged findings of fact; petition for writ of certiorari; attorneys fees.

Plain error, Supreme Court interpretation of evidence.

second degree murder-Malice; prior record level calculation

Assault by strangulation; possession of a firearm by a felon; communicating threats; interfering with emergency communication; no prior notice to assert self-defense; jury charge conference; jury instruction; invited error.

sufficient evidence supported activation of the defendant's suspended sentences for violating probation by willfully absconding; inclusion of findings in judgments that were not rendered in open court was not error; clerical errors in judgments required correction on remand

Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure and Consent to Search.

motion to suppress; right to counsel; findings of fact; material conflict in evidence