Guilty plea; Sentencing; Insufficient appellate record.

AWDWISI;assault with a deadly weapon on a government official; possession of stolen goods; invited error; lesser-included offense instruction; dishonest purpose element of possession of stolen goods; insufficiency of evidence of intent to inflict serious injury

Jury Instructions; Opinion Statement by Trial Court; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Obtaining property by false pretenses, jurisdictional requirements for indictments, sufficiency of the State?s evidence to show intent to deceive.

Joinder; Motion to sever; Transactionally related.

traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; totality of the circumstances

Expert Testimony; Infallibility Jury Instruction.

adjudication and disposition orders; stipulated findings of fact; NCGS 7B-101(d) and 14-190.5; Due Process violation; ceasing reunification efforts

Adjudicating minor children; Dispositional and Permanency Planning Order.

Termination of parental rights; Subsection 7B-1111(a)(9)