Appellate Court Opinions

Admission of DSS report; Rule 403 prejudice; hearsay; sufficiency of evidence; maintaining a dwelling; residency; resisting a public officer; nonverbal directives

driving while impaired; motion to suppress; preliminary determination; N.C.G.S. 15A-979; N.C.G.S. 20-38.6; PWC; plea agreement.

insufficient record on appeal, out-of-state conviction

Probation revocation;
Notice of Appeal;
Petition for Writ of Certiorari;
Admission of violations without defendant's consent;
Lack of inquiry from trial court;

Absconding; N.C. Gen. Stat § 15A-1343; N.C. Gen. Stat § 15A-1344

Probation revocation; subject matter jurisdiction

N.C.G.S. § 90-95(e)(9); possession; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; knowledge; abuse of discretion; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1215(a); discharge of a juror for misconduct.

First degree Murder;
Premeditation and Deliberations;
Motion to Dismiss;
Self- defense instruction;
Lesser included offenses;

indictment, essential elements, jury instruction, surplusage

Motion to dismiss; Felony stalking; Violation of a domestic violence protective order; Course of conduct; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.3A(b)(1); Right to be present at every stage of trial; Discharge of the jury.

clerical error, remand, probation revocation

possession of a firearm by a felon; contemporaneous possession; possession of a weapon of mass destruction; ambiguous statute; rule of lenity; contemporaneous possession.

Attempted voluntary manslaughter, jury instructions

motion to dismiss; fatal variance; insufficient evidence; prejudice; engaging in a riot; no error

Second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Motion to dismiss; Insufficient evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-190.17(a)(2).

aggravated death by distribution, certain controlled substance, overdose, fentanyl, cocaine, motion to dismiss, expert testimony, toxicology report, no plain error, invited error

Whether Rule 6(e) of the Rules of Civil Procedure applies to the 60-day statutory time limitation to commence a contested case under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Whether Currituck County could spend its occupancy tax revenues on public safety services.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's order dismissing plaintiff's claims against defendant for aiding and abetting champerty and maintenance and slander of title.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order concluding as a matter of law that respondent-father's consent was required for adoption to proceed.