Appellate Court Opinions

Domestic violence protective order; Insufficient findings of fact; Sufficiency of evidence; Fear of continued harassment; Substantial emotional distress; Insufficient findings to support conclusion of domestic violence; Remand for additional findings.

equitable distribution, unequal distribution, sanctions, attorney fees, NCGS 50-20(c).

N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 6-21.5; attorney's fees; reasonable; justiciable issue; final judgment; collateral

termination of parental rights, neglect

Rule 3.1(e); no-merit; independent review; potential merit; arguably support appeal; Rule 28; Rule 28(b)(6); meaningful appellate review; In re L.E.M., 372 N.C. 396, 831 S.E.2d 341 (2019)

Termination of parental rights, Willful failure to make reasonable progress, Probability of future neglect, Continued DSS custody, Permanency planning, Child's best interest.

TPR, termination of parental rights, neglect, abandonment, failure to pay costs of care, best interests of the child, incarceration, adoption, GAL, guardian ad litem.

termination of parental rights, burden of proof, willful abandonment, failure to pay

worker’s compensation, burden of proof, industrial commission review.

Child custody, motion to modify child custody, lack of nexus between the substantial change and welfare of the minor child.

Alimony, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50–16.3A (2023), attorney's fees, equitable distribution, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-20 (2023), failure to make sufficient findings of fact.

clerical error, habitual felon, sentencing

summary denial, habeas corpus

affirmative defense of necessity, plain error, contradictory testimony.

SMB;
Bring Back Hearing;
Post release Supervision;
New crimes;
Sexual offender;

Anders v. California; State v. Kinch; merit; independent review; record; prejudicial error; wholly frivolous

Guilty plea; Anders brief; Anders review; Wholly frivolous; Petition for writ of certiorari; No prejudicial error; Rule 4; Untimely notice of appeal; Timeliness; Fourteen-day period; No issues of arguable merit.

motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence; substantial evidence; reasonable mind; circumstantial; jury; light most favorable to the State; actual possession; constructive possession; totality of the circumstances; Chekanow factors; request; new counsel; Constitution; Sixth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; satisfy; competent assistance; conflict

first-degree murder, Confrontation Clause, Business Records Exception