juvenile, motion to dismiss, disorderly conduct, resisting public officer

Preliminary Injunction

First-degree murder; Batson challenges; failure to make prima facie showing; race-neutral reasons for challenges; proposed jury instructions.

indecent exposure; presence; motion to dismiss; jury instructions

Motion to suppress; sufficiency of search warrant affidavit and application; probable cause; reasonableness of former occupant seizure incident to executing search warrant on premises; motion to suppress custodial responses to police questioning; Miranda.

Workers? compensation; aggravation of pre-existing conditions; injury causation; ongoing disability; split liability.

Statute of Limitations; Authority of Court at Default Judgment Hearing to Raise Statute of Limitations Defense Sua Sponte

contested case hearing, Whistleblower Act

Contract to convey real property; Specific performance; Preemptive right

Workers' Compensation, law of the case doctrine, disability determination

Adjudication of neglect; child not in the care of parent prior to filing of juvenile petition; failure to correct conditions

Relative as guardian; permanency planning order; required findings; NCGS 7B-903(a1); placement with non-relative.

Termination of parental rights, no-merit brief, Rule 3.1(d)

Appellate Standing; Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency; Juvenile Adjudication and Disposition; Sufficiency of the Evidence

civil contempt, custody modification

Entry of Default

Alimony proceeding; Mandatory transfer under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-3; Sufficiency of findings of fact

Criminal Contempt; Willfulness; Attorney Fees; Notice and Opportunity to be Heard

Larceny of a firearm; breaking and entering.