Appellate Court Opinions

option contract, ready willing and able, time is of the essence, seller obligations

landlord-tenant law, summary ejectment, notice of termination, waiver, month-to-month tenancy. 

sua sponte competency hearing; Sullivan standard versus Strickland standard

methamphetamine; motion to dismiss; special jury instructions; petition for writ of certiorari; optical isomers; D-methamphetamine; L-methamphetamine

petition for writ of certiorari; notice of appeal; Rule 4; merit; extraordinary circumstances

assault; sexual battery; sufficiency of evidence; plain error; distinct acts.

motion to dismiss; human trafficking; plain error; jury instructions

Illegal Narcotics;
Opening the Door;
Resisting, delaying, or obstructing a public officer;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

Hearsay; state of mind; premeditation

motion to dismiss; communicating threats; jury instructions; false, contradictory, or conflicting statements by defendant

Plain error; Aggressor doctrine; Self-defense; Jury instructions; Prejudice; Closing argument.

motion to suppress; Terry stop and frisk; reasonable articulable suspicion

plain error; vouching; "disclose"; ineffective assistance of counsel

Pro se defendant; Waiver of counsel; Closing argument.

Motion to dismiss: Attempted possession of a firearm by a felon; Jury instructions; Specific intent; Overt acts; Prejudicial error; Misstatement of law.

permanent child support order; North Carolina Child Support Guidelines; calculation of party's income for child-support purposes; retirement of trial judge; Rule 63

Protective Order;
Former Parenting Coordinator;
First Amendment;
Interlocutory Order;
Preservation of Argument;
Waiver;

alimony, dependent spouse, Social Security benefits

summary ejectment, writ of possession, holdover tenant, counterclaim, affirmative defenses, retaliatory eviction, interlocutory appeal, substantial right, jurisdiction, dismiss

equitable distribution ; marital property ; N.C.G.S. 50-20(c)