Termination of Parental Rights;
Abuse, neglect, and failure to make reasonable progress;
Challenged findings of fact;
Judicially-noticed facts;
Nexus between removal and case plan;
Best interests;

subject-matter jurisdiction, adjudication, abuse, neglect, factual allegations, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, ineffective assistance of counsel, testimony

attorney's fees, estate proceeding, conflict of interest, clerk of court, necessary charges, prenuptial agreement, personal representative

Workers' Compensation; independent contractor, employer-employee relationship; NCDOT, off-duty police officer, traffic control work; Hayes factors; employment contract; simultaneous control

motion for capacity hearing; no abuse of discretion; competent to stand trial;

First Degree Murder;
Premeditation & Deliberation;
Motion to Dismiss;
Expert Witness;
Brady v. Maryland;
Rule 404(b);
Closing Argument;

plain error review; expert testimony; improper jury arguments

limitation on cross-examination of the State’s expert witness, confrontation rights, capacity to proceed, defense of insanity, defendant’s mental condition, feigning or malingering symptoms, Sell hearing, forced medication, denial of request for a special jury instruction on insanity

larceny from a merchant by product code fraud, larceny, motion to dismiss, restitution, fatal variance

death by distribution; proximate cause; actual cause; Rule 404(b)

motion to dismiss, insufficiency of evidence, possession of cocaine

voluntary intoxication, second degree murder instruction, premeditation and deliberation

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-96; Guilty plea; Conditional discharge; Motion to withdraw plea; Motion for appropriate relief; Immigration; Federal law; Manifest injustice; Misunderstanding consequences of guilty plea.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1; Jury Instructions; “In Operation”; Motion to Dismiss; No Error.

Whether a trial court reversibly errs in failing to exercise its discretion to hear oral testimony at summary judgment based on a misapprehension of law.

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant qualified as a resident of her mother's household for purposes of the underinsured motorist policy issued to her mother.

Officers had independent reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop. The traffic stop did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights.

Evidence considered in the light most favorable to the State was sufficient to support the trial court's decision to submit multiple counts of conspiracy to the jury.