Appellate Court Opinions

waiver, cessation of reunification efforts

Breach of Contract, Statute of Limitations

child custody; modification; best interests of the child

driving while impaired; motion to suppress; preliminary determination; N.C.G.S. 15A-979; N.C.G.S. 20-38.6; PWC; plea agreement.

Probation revocation;
Notice of Appeal;
Petition for Writ of Certiorari;
Admission of violations without defendant's consent;
Lack of inquiry from trial court;

Probation revocation; subject matter jurisdiction

Motion to dismiss; Felony stalking; Violation of a domestic violence protective order; Course of conduct; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.3A(b)(1); Right to be present at every stage of trial; Discharge of the jury.

possession of a firearm by a felon; contemporaneous possession; possession of a weapon of mass destruction; ambiguous statute; rule of lenity; contemporaneous possession.

Second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Motion to dismiss; Insufficient evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-190.17(a)(2).

aggravated death by distribution, certain controlled substance, overdose, fentanyl, cocaine, motion to dismiss, expert testimony, toxicology report, no plain error, invited error

Whether Rule 6(e) of the Rules of Civil Procedure applies to the 60-day statutory time limitation to commence a contested case under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Whether Currituck County could spend its occupancy tax revenues on public safety services.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's order dismissing plaintiff's claims against defendant for aiding and abetting champerty and maintenance and slander of title.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order concluding as a matter of law that respondent-father's consent was required for adoption to proceed.

Review of recommendation for censure.

Whether the provision plaintiff seeks to enforce is void for indefiniteness.

Whether the Business Court erred in granting partial summary judgment in favor of defendants, particularly where the effect of defendants' spoliation permeated throughout many of plaintiffs' claims.

Whether the Business Court erred in denying defendants' motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Whether the North Carolina Utilities Commission committed reversible error in approving general rate applications submitted by Duke Energy Progress, LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC that included requests for performance-based regulation under N.C.G.S. 62-133.16.