Appellate Court Opinions

Statute of repose, statute of limitations, Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, voluntary dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1) savings provision, refiled complaint, relation back, last act of negligence, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-15(c), N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, statutory interpretation.

Workers compensation; preclusion; bellwether

Workers compensation; preclusion; bellwether

Workers compensation; preclusion; bellwether

improper closing arguments; intervention ex mero motu; clerical error.

Admissibility of witness testimony regarding theory of self-defense; invited error

second degree rape; sexual act; knew; reasonably should have known; force; circumstantial evidence; rape kit; motion to dismiss; prejudice; ineffective assistance of counsel; memory; drug; alcohol

SBM; Lifetime Registration; Sex Offender Registration; Certiorari; Extraordinary Circumstances; Merit; Competent Evidence; Reportable Conviction; Sexually Violent Offense; Sexually Violent Predator.

N.C. R. Evid. 404(b) evidence of other crimes; proof of identity; plain error review

Jury instructions

motion for appropriate relief; ineffective assistance of counsel; self-defense

Second degree murder;
Perfect self defense;
Disqualifying instruction;
Possession of a firearm by a felon;
Preserved Objection;
Closing Argument;

First-degree sexual offense with a child;
Indecent liberties with a child;
Solicitation of murder;
Rule 401;
Rule 403;
Prejudice;
Curative instruction;

Waiver of counsel; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1242; jury instructions; less-included offenses.

plain error, child sexual abuse, witness testimony, credibility of child's testimony

deviation from pattern jury instruction, prejudicial error, conviction of crime the jury was not instructed on

jury instruction; common law robbery; claim of right defense; felonious intent; no error.

Defendant's burden to establish reasonable doubt, specific intent, AWDWIKISI, Allen charge

First Degree Murder; hearsay; substantial evidence

motion to continue, judge's personal experience, abuse of discretion, preservation