Interlocutory, substantial right, and appointment of expert appraiser

Underinsured motorist coverage; Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-279.21(b)(4); calculation of coverage when there are multiple underinsured tortfeasors and multiple applicable UIM policies; statutory construction

solicitation; first-degree murder; lesser included offense; improper closing argument

Jury instructions; mandatory presumption; attorney-client privilege; motion to compel.

Fifth Amendment; custodial interrogation; barricaded suspect; and clerical error

Driving while intoxicated; motion to suppress medical record evidence; Fourth Amendment right to be free from warrantless search and seizure; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; no prejudicial error.

Miranda Rights; interrogation; confession; unambiguous request for counsel; motion to suppress; Fifth Amendment

trafficking, traffic stop, license plate, renewal sticker, Commissioner, DMV, reasonable suspicion, mistake of law, registration card, ambiguous

motion for appropriate relief; Brady and Napue claims failed because of lack of probability allegedly wrongfully withheld or intentionally false evidence would have changed result of trial had it not been withheld or introduced; evidentiary hearing was required on ineffective assistance of counsel claim to determine whether failure to investigate key alibi witness prejudiced outcome of trial; gatekeeper order prohibiting the filing of future motions for appropriate relief was erroneous where there was no history of filing successive frivolous motions for appropriate relief

denial of Rule 60(b) motion; attorney's fees; void judgment