Appellate Court Opinions

workers' compensation; Woodson exception; Pleasant exception

summary judgment, alimony, discovery

Rule 15; Jury Instructions; Summary Judgment; Calloway Rule

clear, cogent, and convincing evidence to support trial court's findings concerning neglect, dependency, and prior involuntary termination of parental rights; Father continues to deny his role in domestic violence, demonstrates difficulty regulating his emotions, and uses alcohol and marijuana contrary to recommendations

Termination of Parental Rights; N.C.Gen.Stat. 7B-1106(b)(4); Summons; Notice; Service of Process; Provisional Counsel Listed.

Termination of Parental Rights;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2);
Lack of Reasonable Progress;
Substance Abuse;
Collateral Estoppel;
Failure to Preserve;
Waiver

Termination of parental rights, abandonment, N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(7)

Rule of Evidence 404(b), prior acts, similarity; Rule of Evidence 403, authentication

Rule 11(c), Child Custody, Expert Witnesses, Rule 26

attorney's fees; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.6; child support

Special use permit; NCGS 160D-1402; PWC.

Unduly prejudicial, unfair prejudice, probative value, Rule 403, probative evidence, character evidence, motion to exclude, prior bad acts.

Trafficking Methamphetamine; trafficking by possession; trafficking by transporting; acting in concert; actual distance from the scene is not determinative of constructive presence.

Notice of Appeal; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Jury Instruction; Guilty Knowledge; Drug Offense

eyewitness identification, due process, EIRA, controlled substance sentencing

Prostitution;
Human trafficking an adult victim;
N.C. Gen. Stat. 14.43.11(A);
Consecutive sentences;
Culpability of victim;
Prosecutorial discretion;

Solicitation of child by computer, motion to dismiss, sufficient evidence.