Appellate Court Opinions

Assault by strangulation; Habitual misdemeanor assault; Predicate assault; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33(c); Sentencing error; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-32.4(b); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33.2; Distinct interruption; Intervening event.

ex mero motu, expert testimony, plain error

jury instructions; self-defense; stand your ground

Motion in limine; First Degree Murder; North Carolina Rules of Evidence; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 404(b); North Carolina Rule of Evidence 403; Character Evidence; Prior bad acts; Other Purposes; Testimony Admissibility; Jury Instructions; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Plain Error; No error.

first-degree murder; motion to suppress; cell site location information; Rules of Evidence 404(a), 404(b), and 403.

Motion to dismiss; first-degree murder; evidence of malice, premeditation, and deliberation; juror challenge for cause; plain error; jury instructions; second-degree murder

Absolute impasse;
State v. Ali, 329 N.C. 394, 407 S.E.2d 183 (1991);
Same events, joined charges;
Prior record level calculation;
Conceded errors;

drug trafficking, investigatory stop, motion to suppress

first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual offense, first-degree burglary, motion to dismiss, insufficiency of evidence, substantial evidence, separate and distinct acts.

IAC, TC error in PWISD methamphetamine case

waiver of right to be present at trial; preservation; Rule 2

Ineffective assistance of counsel; motion to suppress; search warrant application; motion for appropriate relief; dismissal without prejudice.

Speedy trial, speedy appeal, sixth amendment, article I, section 18, SBM, lifetime SBM, satellite based monitoring, delayed appeal, unperfected appeal, motion for appropriate relief.

Writ of certiorari; Untimely appeal; Motion for appropriate relief; MAR; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1444; N.C. R. App. P. 4(a)(1) and (2); N.C. R. App. P. 21(a)(1).

Revocation of Probation;
Hearing after Probation expired;
Finding of good cause;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1344;
Unexplained delays;
State conceded error;

revocation of probation, right to confrontation, revocation after expiration of probationary period.

sexual activity by custodian; meaning of "custody"; issue precluded by precedent; preserving challenge for further appeal

Curative Instructions; Stricken Testimony; Sua Sponte; Rule 404; Vouching; No Plain Error.

Second Degree Rape;
Second Degree Forcible Sex Offense;
Motion to Dismiss;
Expert Witness;
Closing Argument;
Plain Error;

accessory after the fact, aggravated sentence, right to jury trial