Appellate Court Opinions

Improper closing arguments; Improper vouching; Jury requests.

notice of appeal, certificate of service, Rule 3, Rule 26

Office of Administrative Hearings; OAH; Administrative Law Judge; ALJ; interview; career-status employee; priority; back pay; salary range; de novo; whole record; arbitrary; capricious; whimsical; findings of fact; material facts; calculation; damages; abandoned on appeal

Disposition order; abuse, neglect, dependency; abuse of discretion; case plan requirements; steps towards reunification; remedying conditions that led to juvenile's adjudication; injurious living environment; medical abuse; best interests of the juvenile.

termination of parental rights; neglected juvenile; legal guardianship; understand legal significance of appointment; abuse of discretion

juvenile code; best interests; guardianship; visitation; permanency planning; ineffective assistance of counsel

Award of custody to a non-parent;
Permanency planning order;
Required N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2(d)(3) (2023) findings;
Adequate Resources;

termination of parental rights, findings of fact, N.C.G.S. 7B-111(a)(1)

accident; industrial commission; discipline; workplace; inappropriate language; tort; findings of fact; conclusions of law; employee

public official immunity, negligence, summary judgment

Felony breaking or entering a motor vehicle; Felony larceny; Plain Error; Waiver; Confrontation Clause; Recorded Recollection

Anders brief

Trespass; Defense of Right; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

First-degree murder; robbery with a dangerous weapon; admissibility of rap lyrics; relevancy; unfair prejudice; probative value; balancing test; Rule 401; Rule 403; closing argument; ex mero motu; evidence to the jury room over objection; no prejudicial error.

Voluntary manslaughter; motion to dismiss; de novo; perfect self-defense; substantial evidence; excessive force; severity of wounds on the victim; light most favorable to the State; waiver of objection to testimony; failure to object to similar testimony; no error.

resentencing jurisdiction, N.C.G.S. 15A-1335

Alford Plea; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Clerical Errors; Remanded

Intentional child abuse causing serious injury; Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury ; Custodial interrogation

sua sponte, mistrial, curative instruction, prejudicial testimony