adequate evidence to support the DHC's findings of fact, and the findings of fact adequately support the conclusions of law where Defendant entered into a representation agreement with brothers who did not have the capacity to understand the agreement due to their low IQs and adaptive functioning deficits

Possession and Distribution of Illegal drugs;
U.S. Constitution 4th Amendment;
Search and Seizure;
N.C. Constitution Article 1, §20;
Stationary vehicle;
Reasonable Suspicion;
Detention of individual;
Plain view;
Industrial Hemp;
Probable cause

postal interdiction; motion to suppress; waiver of appellate review; Industrial Hemp Act; motion to dismiss; lay opinion testimony; identification of marijuana as a controlled substance; conspiracy; statements of a co-conspirator

unpreserved error: defense did not move to strike officer's nonresponsive opinion testimony; officer's nonresponsive opinion testimony was not plain error; state produced sufficient evidence that defendant was the perpetrator; double jeopardy: armed robbery of two employees of the same store supports judgment for only a single armed robbery.

speedy trial, motion to dismiss, trafficking, Barker v. Wingo

no per se ineffective assistance of counsel where Defendant previously consented to counsel's strategy of arguing self-defense and arguing for lesser-included offenses; no ineffective assistance of counsel claim where Defendant consented to self-defense strategy and called only one defense witness; no prejudicial error where the trial court admitted certain opinion evidence of a detective

Indictment, sufficiency, larceny, schools, board of education, MAR

Motion to suppress; warrantless search pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1343(b)(13); reasonable belief as to probationer's premises; search directly related to probationer's probation supervision; implied consent to search; facial challenge of search warrant affidavit; sufficient showing of probable cause.

Petition for a writ of certiorari; content of notice of appeal; notice of hearing; compliance with trial court's general rules of practice; Rule 60(b); abuse of discretion

condemnation action; evidence supports the findings of fact and the findings of fact support the conclusion of law that defendant failed to meet its burden of establishing a prescriptive easement; doctrine of judicial estoppel inapplicable; plaintiff did not take a subsequent factual position that was clearly inconsistent with its earlier position