Appellate Court Opinions

First Amendment, true threats, communicating threats, subjective component.

motion to suppress properly denied where officer shined flashlight into vehicle and seized a plastic baggie of contraband in plain view; officer's subjective motive for a stop has no bearing in Fourth Amendment analysis

expert opinion; Rule 702(a); lay opinion; self-defense

admission of evidence; interfering or intimidating a witness

expert testimony; non-testifying expert testimony is admissible as the basis of testifying expert's opinion; officer testifying about HGN may not specify to specific alcohol concentration

summary judgment, retaliatory eviction, protected act, summary ejectment, notice to vacate

Lack of meaningful appellate review; Failure to include transcript; Written Order Controls; Jurisdiction; Rule 12(b)(2); Rule 12(b)(6).

Juvenile petition; Self-incrimination; Privilege against self-incrimination; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2405; 5th Amendment.

Foreclosure, NC. R. Civ. P. 60(b); void order; trustee neutrality; notice of neutrality.

sovereign immunity, implied-in-fact contract, 12(b)(6), Corum

petition for writ of certiorari, structured sentencing act, mitigating factors, presumptive range

motion to suppress, public vehicular area, probable cause, plain smell, plain view

second degree rape, essential element, defective indictment, first degree kidnapping

Jury instructions, clear and positive evidence of completed larceny; lack of sufficient evidence of lesser included offense.

child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent

child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent

Child custody; Modification; Substantial change of circumstances

Workers' Compensation; Pickrell presumption; heart attack; compensable cause of death; witness credibility