Probation; conditions of probation; violation and revocation; no contact orders; felony stalking; new crime; N.C. R. App. 13(a)(1); Order and response to COVID outbreak.

Anders; possession of marijuana with intent to sell; identification

Strict liability; regulatory offenses

criminal contempt; failure to appear can constitute interference with a court's lawful process and serve as basis for criminal contempt; jurisdiction to review plenary proceedings for criminal contempt appealed from district court to superior court; nature of de novo review of plenary proceedings of criminal contempt in superior court; notice required for plenary proceedings for criminal contempt and validity of show cause order to provide notice; erroneous failure to apply beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof in plenary proceeding for criminal contempt in district court was not a jurisdictional defect; testimony by judicial official who presided over prior proceeding was permissible in subsequent proceeding before different judicial official on appeal from prior proceeding

motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; traffic stop; appellate jurisdiction; attorney's fees; civil judgment

n.c. gen stat. 136-44.50 - 44.54, Map Act, inverse condemnation and takings, jury instructions, tax reimbursements, interest calculations

Child Custody, Child Support, Attorney's Fees

Medical malpractice; Wording error in Rule 9(j) certification; Motion to amend; Inability to engage in meaningful appellate review

Summary ejection; landlord/tenant; motion to dismiss; unfair and deceptive trade acts or practices

child custody modification,substantial change in circumstances; findings of fact; decretal

Civil Contempt; Child Custody

worker's compensation; final payment; last payment; Section 97-18(h); Section 97-25.1; notice; estoppel; bad faith; good faith; due process; vested right

Arbitration; Subject Matter Jurisdiction

restrictive covenants extinguished by foreclosure; judgment on the pleadings; waiver of statutory notice of foreclosure; easement by estoppel not created by marketing materials

Adjudication of abuse and neglect, NCGS 7B-101; no allegation of abuse (vacate); right to present a defense; quashed subpoena of testifying witness; residual exceptions to hearsay rule, Rules 803(24), 804(b)(5); excited utterance; findings of fact.

motion to continue; reunification; permanency planning hearing; guardianship

standing, conflict of interest, contempt, disbarment