N.C.R. App. P. 3; lack of jurisdiction; missing notice of appeal file stamp

Bench Trial; Calculate Damages; Reasonable Certainty

summons, Rule 12(b)(6), Rule 41, subject matter jurisdiction

First-degree murder; double jeopardy; Blockburger test; Diaz exception; due process.

motion to suppress, plain error, hemp, Fourth Amendment

writ of certiorari, probation, Rule 2, abuse of discretion

First-Degree Sexual Offense with a minor;
Statutory Rape of a Child;
Indecent Liberties;
Motion to Dismiss;
Failure to Object;
Plain Error Review;
Rule404(b) - similar victims;
Rule 403
Vouching;
Defendant's Admissions;
Prosecutor's Remarks During Closing Arguments;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

indictment identifying victim by initials and date of birth were facially valid; a majority of the court issues a petition for certiorari per opinion; one judge would affirm the satellite-based monitoring orders; one judge would dismiss portion of appeal related to satellite-based monitoring order; and one judge would hold that court lacked jurisdiction to review satellite-based monitoring orders

Double jeopardy; Fifth amendment; Substantive due process; Fourteenth amendment; Child abuse conviction and subsequent prosecution for murder; Elements of murder; Blockburger test; Same-Elements Test; Diaz v. United States; Diaz Exception; Double jeopardy exception; Same Conduct Test; Statute of limitations; States may afford greater protections than U.S. Constitution; Law of the Land clause

domestic violence protective order (DVPO), motion to dismiss, act of domestic violence, causing bodily injury