foreclosure sale; third-party bidder from whom plaintiff did not seek to recover damages had standing to move to dismiss plaintiff's complaint; record demonstrated that trial court did not consider outside the pleadings in granting motion to dismiss, thus not converting ruling to summary judgment; plaintiff failed to timely file an upset bid under provisions of emergency COVID-19 orders extending filing times and deadlines

Personal jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment; mandate rule

capacity to proceed; competency hearing; ineffective waiver of counsel; structural error

Sixth Amendment right to counsel; forfeiture of right to counsel; waiver of assigned counsel; pro se defendant; egregious and dilatory conduct; new trial.

trial court did not err in concluding defendant failed to make prima facie Batson challenge; no abuse of discretion by refusal to strike prospective jurors and give curative instruction; no error in overruling relevancy objection to expert's testimony or excluding portion of expert's report

habitual larceny; essential elements; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14.72; N.C. R. App. P. 4

indictment, lesser-included offense, swapping horses, Rule 403

Assault with deadly weapon; denial of motion to dismiss; self-defense; defense of habitation

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; consent; apparent control

Rule 3, Rule 9, notice of appeal