Defendant convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of cocaine, and knowingly maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance; issue writ of certiorari; motions to dismiss for insufficiency of evidence; no substantial evidence that Defendant allowed others to resort to his dwelling to use controlled substances; North Carolina General Statutes Section 90-108(a)(7); reversed and remanded in part; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 702; reliability of expert testimony; no plain error

motion to suppress; constitutionality of checkpoint; primary programmatic purpose; independent reasonable suspicion

Indecent liberties, statutory sexual offense, statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, expert witness, disclose, disclosure, vouch, truthfulness, plain error, child sexual abuse, child victim, credibility, penetration, sexual act, labia

jury instructions

Sex offender registration; willful failure to notify of change of address; jury instructions on willfulness element; ex post facto challenge to changes in sex offender registration statutes

Admissibility; relevancy; Rule 403; Rule 608(b); witness' specific instances of conduct; impeachment

Fleeing to elude arrest, resisting public officer, possession of marijuana, child abuse, drug dealer, illegal drugs, testimony, character evidence, reasonable suspicion, reputation, motion to dismiss, substantial evidence, substantial risk of injury, reckless driving, close question

Batson challenge; facially neutral explanations for juror strikes; proof of purposeful discrimination

First-degree murder, robbery with dangerous weapon, second-degree murder, jury instruction, acting in concert, common plan, premeditation, deliberation, motion to dismiss, continuous chain of events, predicate felony

Rule 404(b), prejudice, motion to dismiss, felony murder, attempted rape, overt act.