jury instruction, informed consent, n.c.gen.stat. 90-21.13(b), character evidence

Child Custody, Child Support, Attorney's Fees

criminal contempt; failure to appear can constitute interference with a court's lawful process and serve as basis for criminal contempt; jurisdiction to review plenary proceedings for criminal contempt appealed from district court to superior court; nature of de novo review of plenary proceedings of criminal contempt in superior court; notice required for plenary proceedings for criminal contempt and validity of show cause order to provide notice; erroneous failure to apply beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof in plenary proceeding for criminal contempt in district court was not a jurisdictional defect; testimony by judicial official who presided over prior proceeding was permissible in subsequent proceeding before different judicial official on appeal from prior proceeding

sufficiency of the evidence; second-degree kidnapping; kidnapping by fraud; ineffective assistance of counsel

Rule 401, Rule 403, motion to dismiss

Rule 404(b); Evidence not used to show propensity; Hearsay; Present Sense Impression; Sufficiency of evidence

sentencing, aggravating factor of taking property of great monetary value, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1340.16(d)(14), Class C felony embezzlement of property received by virtue of office or employment, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-90(c)

acting in concert; lay-opinion testimony

authentication; Rule 901; social media; Facebook; standard of review

Personal Jurisdiction, Interlocutory Order, Motion to Stay