Ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to correct inaccuracies in witness testimony and prosecutor's closing argument; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1052(c) and 15A-1054; failure to preserve constitutional issue for appellate review.

Possession of heroin; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; requirement of scientifically valid chemical analysis to identify controlled substance; exception where defendant makes statement identifying controlled substance

arson; appellate jurisdiction; writ of certiorari; factual basis for guilty plea

Sex offender willful failure to register new address; trial court's response to jury's request for further instruction on definition of address; discretionary decisions not subject to plain error review; jury instruction on further deliberations and deadlock

sexual offenses with a minor; motion to suppress; validity of search warrant; lay opinion testimony; use of victim to describe witness; ineffective assistance of counsel

Motion to Suppress

Anders review; guilty pleas; consolidated sentence

Probation violation

Obtaining property by false pretenses; preservation of evidentiary challenge; horse swapping on appeal; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence identifying defendant as perpetrator of offense

Post-Conviction DNA Testing.

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; reliability of eye witness identification; jailhouse telephone conversation; Rule of Completeness; Confrontation Clause; failure to preserve.

Narrative; Improper closing argument

Extraterritorial jurisdiction

Just cause; Whole Record Test; Unacceptable Personal Conduct

Summary judgment; Professional malpractice; Justifiable reliance

Statute of frauds, deed, will parol evidence, Equitable remedy, Contract

Child Custody; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50A-207; Declining Jurisdiction as Inconvenient Forum

motion for summary judgement; motion for summary judgment denied for failure to include a copy of the order denying summary judgment in the record on appeal