motion to dismiss; habitual felon; indictment; error; keeping; kept; storage; drugs; maintain; motion for appropriate relief; mar; controlled substances; vehicle; backpack; bookbag;

deadly weapon, serious injury, matter of law, jury instruction, glass bottle

Admission of evidence; evidence outside of the jury; evidence treated as admitted; improperly admitted evidence; plain error analysis.

DWI; radar; admission; intoxilyzer;pbt; probable cause;hgn; trial court; motion to suppress; evidence; miranda; foundation

petition for writ of certiorari; single-taking rule; multiple larcenies

interlocutory, Office of Administrative Hearings

Nurse Medical Malpractice;
Expert Witness Testimony;
Statutory Standard of Care;
Same or Similar Community;
Rule 9(j);
Contradictory Affidavit;
Rule 702(e);
Summary Judgment;

Statute of Limitations;
Tolling;
Automatic Stay;
Renew a Judgment;
11 U.S.C. § 108(c)(2018);
Bankruptcy;
N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-23;

interlocutory order; rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss; first amendment; ecclesiastical entanglement

administrative law; petition for judicial review; service of process; motion for extension of time

Retired State Employees;
Class Action Suit Sovereign Immunity;
Interlocutory appeal;
Substantial Right;
Cost of Living Allowances;
Contractual Right;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § Sec. 135-5;

Abuse, neglect, and dependency

civil contempt, 50C order, criminal contempt

petition for writ of certiorari; competency hearing; sua sponte; due process; substantial evidence; bona fide doubt

direct criminal contempt; N.C. Gen. Stat. 5A-11(a); statutory interpretation

Attempted first degree murder;
Discharging a weapon into an occupied property;
Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury;
Self Defense;
Jury Instructions;
Preserved Objections;

instruction; invited error; object; participate; craft; request; consent; pattern; plain error; prejudice; voluntary manslaughter; first degree murder; not guilty; mandate; verdict sheet; hearsay; excited utterance; reasonable probability; startling; spontaneous; reflection; time; lapse; extreme stress; chaotic; shooting; cumulative error

Child Maltreatment Registry; final agency decision; scope of review by superior court; whole-record review; revocation of childcare license; rational basis; sufficiency of the evidence; role of General Assembly.