Appellate Court Opinions

Jury Instruction; Self-defense; Castle Doctrine; Stand Your Ground Doctrine; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-51.2; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-51.3.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-299; standing; persons aggrieved; Cox v. Town of Oriental; factual basis; briefing; reply brief; relate back; any person

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-2501(c); Factors; Written and oral findings

North Carolina Debt Collections Act; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-55(2); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-54(4); Landlord; Tenant; Fit Premises; Eviction; Public Utilities.

administrative law judge; certificate of need; findings of fact; whole record test

UCCJEA;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-201(a) (2021);
Subject Matter Jurisdiction;
Home State of Child;
Six months prior to filing;
Required findings;

Reasonable suspicion; probable cause; unburned marijuana; inherent incredibility; testimonial credibility; deference

constructive possession, motion to dismiss, sufficiency of the evidence, possession of a firearm by a felon

Voir Dire; Alternate Jurors; Preservation; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Jury Instructions; Jury Polling

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1345(e); Right to confrontation; Right to cross-examination; Sufficiency of the evidence; Probation revocation.

motion to dismiss; breach of contract; specific performance; separation agreement; statute of limitations; child support; attorney's fees

SAFE Child Act, revival provision for N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-52; statutory interpretation

Public Records Act, Third-Party Possession, Constructive Possession, Attorney Fees

Revival of Statute of Limitations, Facial Constitutional Challenge, Law of the Land Clause,
Substantive Due Process

Probation revocation, probation violation, improper factors

motion for appropriate relief, ineffective assistance of counsel, fingerprints, sufficiency of the evidence, deficient performance, prejudice, Irick rule

Writ of Certiorari, Reasonable Suspicion, Trespassing, Probable Cause, Voluntary Consent, Terry frisk.