Ineffective assistance of counsel; motion for appropriate relief; trial strategy; blood draw; consent

N.C.G.S. § 8-97; N.C. R. Evid. 901; evidence authentication.

probation, absconding, anticipatory bond

Special probation conditions; ineffective assistance of counsel

Statutory sex offense with 13, 14, 15 years old minor;
Indecent liberties with a child;
First-degree statutory sexual offense with a child;
Limiting instruction regarding expert witness testimony& Spoilation;
Plain error review;
Ineffective assistance of counsel;
Cumulative errors;

motions to dismiss ; motion to dismiss ; fingerprint evidence ; ineffective assistance of counsel ; IAC ; clear rule ; non-testifying co-defendants ; indictments ; judgments ; evidence ; plain error ; confrontation clause

N.C. Const. art. I, sec. 24; jury deliberations; jury's review of evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1233(a)

damages ; PWC ; writ of certiorari ; breach of contract ; damages calculation ; contract interpretation ; damages ;

Post Separation Support;
Equitable Distribution;
Dependent spouse;
Contempt for non payment;
Required findings of facts;

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant, a negligent truck driver, had adequate time and means to avoid injuring plaintiff, a contributorily negligent pedestrian.

Whether defendants had a right of immediate appellate review of the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motions to dismiss based on a claim of statutory immunity under the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment based on lack of proximate cause.

Whether the Business Court erred in dismissing a claim for judicial dissolution under N.C.G.S. 55-14-30(2)(ii) for lack of standing when the plaintiff-shareholder held the contractual right to exercise a put option and sell their shares back to the company at fair market value.

Whether courts interpreting state rules and regulations must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for promulgating those rules and regulations.

Whether the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, unlawfully incorporated certain conditions into general permits for animal waste management systems without satisfying the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming an administrative law judge's determination that a certificate of need award was improper.

Whether reliance is reasonable in a claim for fraud in the inducement when the complaining party failed to conduct any material due diligence on the representations and warranties upon which the fraud claim is based.

Whether N.C.G.S. 132-1.4A provides the exclusive procedure by which a criminal defendant in district court may request release of law enforcement agency recordings covered by the statute.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly concluded the trial court prejudicially erred when it excluded a handwritten note written by the complaining witness.