victim-impact evidence; vouching; motion dismiss; failure to declare mistrial sua sponte

motion for post-conviction discovery; sealed records; in camera review; sealed records are potentially favorable but not material

N.C. Controlled Substances Act; motion to dismiss; substantial evidence; hearsay; witness confrontation.

Statutory Rape; Motion to Dismiss; Unanimous Jury Verdict; Improper Closing Arguments.

Motion for appropriate relief; MAR; procedural bar; good cause; fundamental miscarriage of justice; ineffective assistance of counsel; evidentiary hearing; summary denial

First-degree murder; motion to dismiss; malice, premeditation, and deliberation; felony-murder rule; substantial evidence; felonious breaking or entering; jury instructions, arresting judgment; merger rule

Statutory Sexual offense of a minor;
Sex Offender registration;
Out-of-state Conviction of minor;
Reportable Conviction;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208.6(4)(b) (2023);
Substantially Similar Offense;
“laws of that state”;
Statutory Interpretation;

first degree murder, first degree burglary, Harbison error, admission of evidence

Statutory rape of a child;
Statutory sex offense with a child;
Indecent liberties;
Hearsay;
Recorded Recollection Exception;
In-court identification;
Motion to Suppress;
Denial of Substitution of Counsel;

Trafficing opium/heroin by possession & manufacture;
Firearm possession by convicted felon;
Non-Mirandized Statements;
Unpreserved Error;
Motion to Suppress and in Limine;
Cross-Examination;
Closing Argument;
Motion for Appropriate Relief;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

Drug Recognition Expert testimony; Rule 404(b); Rule 702(a); Rule 702 (a1); Rule 702 (a1)(3); Qualification of expert testimony; Yields absurd results; Prejudicial error; Establish malice for second-degree murder.

domestic violence protective order, felony DVPO violation, motion to dismiss, substantial evidence, Rule 404(b), similarity and temporal proximity, no error

Indictment; failure to discharge duties; obstruction of justice; jury instructions; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence; cumulative error; jurisdictional defect; non-jurisdictional defect

N.C.G.S. § 15A-977(f); N.C.G.S. § 90-108(a)(7); keeping or maintaining a vehicle element; ineffective assistance of counsel review.

Breach of Contract;
Summary Judgment;
Illegal contract;
Genuine issues of material facts;

Improper burden shift; Order to Show Cause; Civil contempt; Alleged contemnor; Incorrect legal standard; Per se abuse of discretion.

equitable distribution; valuation; marital residence; business equipment; mathematical and clerical errors; stipulations; in-kind distribution; findings of fact

North Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b); voluntary dismissal with prejudice; excusable neglect; motion to enforce a settlement agreement; bilateral contract; material breach

Interlocutory jurisdiction; sovereign immunity; breach of contract; negligent misrepresentation; Tort Claims Act.

12(b)(6) motion to dismiss; Community Schools Use Act; governmental immunity; public official immunity; assault of a minor; negligence