Appellate Court Opinions

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50C-2; no-contact order

Probation revocation; good cause

Aggravating and mitigating factors, statutory and non-statutory aggravating factors, factor not listed in indictment, no prejudice to prior record level total

Improper closing argument; ex mero motu; prior record level calculation; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.14(b)(6)

motion to dismiss; expert-witness testimony; Rule 702(a)

plain error; jury instructions; felony possession; knowledge; motion to dismiss; substantial evidence

Anders, Kinch, No Merit Brief

Anders; wholly frivolous; dismissed.

motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; second-degree murder; jury instructions; aggressor doctrine

Sufficiency of findings of fact to support sex offender registration, secret peeping, special condition of probation not appealable following guilty plea

kidnapping; motion to dismiss; closing argument; ex mero motu intervention; no error.

petition for writ of certiorari; cross-examination; elicitation; invited error; plain error; ineffective assistance of counsel; strategy; dismissed.

Reasonable suspicion; dissipation of reasonable suspicion; flight; arrest warrant; identification; suppression motion; fruit of the poisonous tree

jury instruction; castle doctrine; presumption of reasonable fear; excessive force; prejudicial error; new trial.

North Carolina General Statute Section 15A-1215(a), juror substitution, jury instructions, indictment

Interlocutory appeal

Ultra vires action

motion to dismiss appeal, motion for summary judgment, revocable living trust, charitable remainder unitrust, holographic amendment

motion to dismiss appeal, motion for summary judgment, revocable living trust, asset distribution