First-degree kidnapping with firearm enhancement; motion to dismiss; release in a safe place, escape.

Trial Calendar in Criminal Cases; Request for Continuance; Harmless Error; Request to Present Rebuttal Witness

corpus delicti; foreign birth certificate; authentication; hearsay; satellite-based monitoring; unpreserved Fourth Amendment challenge

First-degree murder; defense of habitation, NCGS 14-51.2; self-defense; improper injection of race; prosecutor's closing argument; new trial; jury instructions; NC Pattern Instruction Crim.- 308.80 - Curtilage.

Summary judgment; negligence-premises liability; denial of motion to strike; Legionnaires' disease; Vacation Rental Act, NCGS 42A-1, et seq.; waiver of arguments; proximate cause.

Motion to dismiss, interlocutory appeal; Rule 12(b)(2), public official immunity

plain language; contract

Small claims court, jurisdiction, amount in controversy, compulsory counterclaims, appeal to district court

disposition, custody, best interest of a child

NCGS 7B-320; Responsible Individuals List; late notice; prejudice; dismissal of criminal charges