Appellate Court Opinions

termination of parental rights; motion to continue; ineffective assistance of counsel

juvenile delinquency proceeding; simple assault; privilege against self-incrimination; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2405

Termination of parental rights;
Failure to correct conditions;
N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(2);
Lack of housing and substance abuse;
Judicial notice of prior court orders;
No prejudice shown in admission of hearsay;

Workers compensation exclusivity; summary judgment

Civil contempt; purge conditions

separation agreement; Pataky presumption; presumption of reasonableness; unincorporated separation agreement; child support

Sustained objections; Jurors are presumed to follow a trial court's instructions; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Limiting instructions; No prejudice; Plain error; Jury instructions; No error.

probation revocation; Anders review

jury instruction, preservation, second-degree murder

Anders review; clerical errors

plain error; jury instructions; jury charge; verdict; consolidated judgment; arrest judgment; resentencing; clerical errors.

Anders review

probation revocation; suspended sentence; finding of good cause

improper closing arguments, ineffective assistance of counsel

Terry Stop; Investigatory Stop; Reasonable Suspicion; Search, Seizure, and Arrest; Anonymous or Unidentified Informants; Stop-and-Frisk; Fourth Amendment; Second Amendment; Possession of Firearm by Felon

admission of evidence, prejudicial error

Anders-type review; probation revocation; defective notice of appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; motion to dismiss; Rule 28(b)(6); dismissed.

Dangerous weapon instruction;
Sufficiency of indictment;
Preservation;

Expert testimony;
Ineffective assistance of counsel;
Corroborative testimony;

probation revocation; conditional discharge