Alford, second-degree murder, prior record level, points, sentencing, resentencing hearing, stipulate, stipulation, possession, controlled substance, out of state, conviction

trial court did not err by admitting lay opinion testimony identifying substance as marijuana; sentence under habitual felon laws did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

Rules 403 and 404(b); prior incident; risk of unfair prejudice; ineffective assistance of counsel

grant Defendant's petition for writ of certiorari; probation revocation based on absconding; N.C. Gen. Stat., Sec. 15A-1343(b)(3a); competent evidence; waiver of State's presentation of evidence by in-court admission of the violations alleged; affirm activation of sentence; remand for clerical errors in judgment

Sentencing; invalid stipulation; question of law; prior conviction points; prior record level

Second degree murder; admission of Rule 404(b) evidence; proper purpose for Rule 404(b) evidence; sufficiency of evidentiary foundation for Rule 404(b) evidence; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence; malice; improper closing arguments

Heroin trafficking; denial of motion to suppress; waiver of argument not asserted in trial court; denial of motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence of possession

Anders brief; no non-frivolous issues on appeal

ineffective assistance of counsel; pre-trial motion to suppress; plain error

motion to suppress; Anders brief; substantial assistance

Statutory right to confrontation at probation violation hearings, N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1345(e); absconding from supervision, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343(b)(3a); clerical error in judgment revoking probation.

modifying custody order; substantial change of circumstances affecting welfare of the child; best interests of the child

Motion to Dismiss, Summary Judgment, Statute of Limitations, Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel

will; patent ambiguity; judicial interpretation; testator's intent

Certificate of Need; Demonstration project for limited-use MRI scanner; Change in project under N.C. Gen. Stat. 131E-176(16)(e)

Modification of child custody; change in employment and residence; review of evidence prior to permanent order; documents missing from court file; motion for new trial; findings to support award of attorney fees.

Termination of parental rights; adjudication under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); evaluating parent's progress at the time of the adjudicatory hearing rather than subsequent dispositional hearing; parent's refusal to sign DSS case plan; lack of court order requiring parent's compliance with case plan.

Appeal from order terminating respondents' parental rights; termination of respondents' parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3); failure to pay for the cost of care for the juvenile; whether the trial court conducted the adjudicatory hearing under a fundamental misapprehension of the law.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by denying respondent's motion to continue; whether the trial court complied with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Termination of parental rights based upon neglect by abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), dependency pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(6), and abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).