Appellate Court Opinions

termination of parental rights, unsanitary home environment, willful failure to make reasonable progress, N.C.G.S. 7B-111(a)(2)

Contempt; Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Protective Order: Consent Order; Child Custody; Discovery; Medical Records

divorce; alimony; contempt of court

jurisdiction, file stamp, order

bench trial; findings of fact; Rule 52

Civil contempt; willfulness; purge conditions; substantial change of circumstances

Child support; subject matter jurisdiction; issue preservation

Plain error review; instructional and evidentiary errors; jury instructions; preservation of issues; Sexual offense with a child by an adult; prior sexual act; admissibility of testimony; no plain error.

Attempted act of incest; completed act of incest; motion to dismiss; jury instructions; plain error; admission of improper opinion testimony

reversible error; jury instruction; actual/constructive possession

fleeing to elude arrest;
Anders Brief;
Plea Argument;
Pro Se Appeal

substantial evidence; larceny; dash-cam footage; ineffective assistance of counsel

forfeiture by wrongdoing, confrontation clause, unavailable witness

Post-Release Supervision, Confrontation Clause, Ankle Monitor

kidnapping, assault, acting-in-concert, jury instructions

competency hearing, condition of probation, sentencing outside statutory mandate

Joinder; Motion to Sever; Pretrial; Renew; Waiver; Possession of firearm by felon; Drug-related charges; Abuse of discretion; No Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Affirmed.

order entered, out of session and out of term, consent

Plain error review; preservation of issues; 404(b) evidence; prior assaults of same victim; domestic assaults; chain of circumstances; limiting instruction; second-degree murder; malice; no prejudicial error.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Possession of Marijuana, Motion to Dismiss, Clerical Error in Judgment