Appellate Court Opinions

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Indictment; Essential Element; Kidnapping; Felonious Restraint; Vacated.

plain error; leading question; hearsay

motion for appropriate relief; verdict impeachment; confrontation clause; hearsay

Right to presence; Sixth and Fourteenth amendments; Jury question; N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(1); Objection; Failure to preserve; Dismissed

self defense, aggressor doctrine, jury instructions

motion to dismiss; discharging a firearm into a vehicle; muzzle velocity; jury instructions; flight

certiorari; revocation of probation; findings of fact; good cause

cruelty to animals; motion to dismiss; special condition of probation; Rule 2

reasonable search, roadside search, intrusive means

Petition for writ of certiorari, N.C. R. Evid. 404(b), N.C. R. Evid. 403, Sentencing, Statutory mandate, evidence, indecent liberties with a child, indecent liberties with a minor, first-degree sexual offense

Motion to dismiss, sufficiency of the evidence, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle, hearsay, identity, common scheme or plan, intent

Rule 404(b); prior acts evidence; Rule 403

stipulation to prior convictions; record level worksheet; stipulation to out-of-state felony conviction; sentencing; NC Gen Stat 15A-1340.14(e)

Clerical Error; Judgment; Rule 4; PWC; Remanded.

jurisdictional defect; designate; serve; probation; revocation; hearing; reasonably satisfy; willful; violated; abuse of discretion; abscond; notice; finding; good cause; remand

probation revocation, right to confrontation, abuse of discretion.

Probation revocation; right to confrontation; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1345(e); finding of good cause; non-revocable violations; clerical error.

Anders brief; possible issues of sentencing, indictment sufficiency, sex offender registration; no meritorious issues; wholly frivolous

Miller resentencing, appellate mandate, limited remand

possession of a firearm by a felon, defendant's choice not to testify, motion to fire appointed counsel