child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent

Jury instructions, clear and positive evidence of completed larceny; lack of sufficient evidence of lesser included offense.

petition for writ of certiorari, structured sentencing act, mitigating factors, presumptive range

second degree rape, essential element, defective indictment, first degree kidnapping

motion to suppress, public vehicular area, probable cause, plain smell, plain view

child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent

sovereign immunity, implied-in-fact contract, 12(b)(6), Corum

Foreclosure, NC. R. Civ. P. 60(b); void order; trustee neutrality; notice of neutrality.

Juvenile petition; Self-incrimination; Privilege against self-incrimination; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2405; 5th Amendment.

Lack of meaningful appellate review; Failure to include transcript; Written Order Controls; Jurisdiction; Rule 12(b)(2); Rule 12(b)(6).