Appellate Court Opinions

Automatic stay; Jurisdiction; Substantial right; Inconsistent verdicts.

Joinder; motion to strike; issue preservation.

motion to stay, interlocutory, inconsistent verdicts

Termination of parental rights; willfulness.

adjudication order; disposition order; UCCJEA jurisdiction; subject matter jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 7B-402(b), 50A-209(a); Initial determination; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-201(a)(1)–(2); N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 50A-102(5), (7); temporary emergency jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-204

Termination of parental rights; willful abandonment.

permanency planning order; termination of parent's visitation; no abuse of discretion in ending visitation; best interest of the juvenile.

Adjudication of Neglect & Dependency;
Consent Agreement;
Stipulations;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-807(a(2025);
Uncontested Findings of Fact;

Child support; subject-matter jurisdiction.

Personal jurisdiction

Industrial Commission, motion to admit new evidence, injury by accident, credibility, findings of fact. 

motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; felony speeding to elude arrest; aggravating factors; habitual felon status; jury instructions; sentencing.

motion to dismiss; jury instruction; defense of accident; ineffective assistance of counsel; no prejudicial error.

SBM; No-merit review

extortion; conspiracy; motion to dismiss

No error; objection; closing arguments; prejudice; essence; abuse of discretion; murder

Probation Violation; Absconding; Jurisdiction for Probation Revocation Hearing; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1344(f); Good Cause Shown and Stated.

Weapon of mass destruction; substantial evidence.

Fiduciary relationship; Evidence Rule 404(b); prejudice.

Lay-witness testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel.