interlocutory, substantive right, paternity

Summary judgment, legal malpractice, settlement agreement, notarized, agreement to agree, binding agreement, material terms, statute of limitations, latent discovery.

Appeal of interlocutory order denying motions for summary judgment; right to immediate appeal of order denying summary judgment on defense of governmental immunity; governmental immunity concerning actions of sheriff, sheriff?s detention officers, and county in operating county detention facility; waiver of governmental immunity.

Absolute Privilege; Quasi-Judicial Proceeding; Defamation

statutory sex offense, statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, indecent liberties, sexual assault, pediatric, disseminating obscenity, jury instruction, lesser-included offense, sexual act, attempt, disparate offense, disjunctive, mandatory minimum sentence, constitutional right, unanimous jury, Eighth Amendment, second-degree murder

Hit and run causing physical injury; possession of firearm by a felon; habitual felon status; State concedes error; plea arrangement; NCGS 15A-1024; sentencing.

Disseminating an obscenity; revenge porn; waiver of jury trial; NCGS 15A-1201(d)(1); First Amendment.

motion to dismiss; one count of first-degree sexual offense with a child; N.C. Gen. Stat., Sec. 14-27.1(4) (2013); substantial evidence of digital penetration; no error; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 404(b); issue unpreserved for review on appeal