Appellate Court Opinions

victim impact testimony, right to confrontation, pertinent trait.

N.C. R. App. P. Rule 4;
Petition for Writ Certiorari;
Corroborative Evidence;
Limiting instruction;
No merit or error committed below;

PWC; petition for writ of certiorari; clerical error; inadvertent; minor discrepancies

Felonious restraint, false imprisonment, lesser-included offense, sentencing, mitigating factors, presumptive range.

Interlocutory order; Failure to show grounds for appellate review; Appellate jurisdiction; Substantial right; Collateral estoppel, Res judicata.

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Child Custody; Third-Party Intervenor; Juvenile Petition; Termination of Jurisdiction; Reversed

Child support; contempt; motion to change venue; motion to reopen judgment

termination of parental rights, 3.1, willful abandonment, N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111

termination of parental rights, no-merit brief, N.C.Rule of Appellate Procedure 3.1(e)

Termination of parental rights; appropriate standard of review announced; affirming adjudication of neglect under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(1)

Workers compensation; sanctions; appellate rules

interlocutory order; order not certified for immediate review;

Failure to intervene ex mero motu; Ex mero motu; Prosecutors closing argument; Not grossly improper; Failure to object.

Guilty plea; Anders brief; Anders review; Wholly frivolous; Alford plea; Sentencing; Prior record level; No prejudicial error; No error.

Anders brief; Anders v. California; State v. Kinch

notice and opportunity to be heard, criminal contempt, N.C.G.S. § 5A-12

second degree kidnapping, child abduction, defendant's pre-arrest silence, plain error

civil judgment for court-appointed attorney fees; petition for writ of certiorari; right to be heard

kidnapping, jury instructions, separate and independent act, plain error