Attorney?s fees, attorney charging lien, contingent fee agreement, contingency, levy, liens, personal property, priority

Waiver of right to assistance counsel; N.C. Gen. Stat. ?? 15A-942, 15A-1242; and new trial

first-degree murder, gun, self-defense, defense of another, verbal threats, character evidence, excluded evidence

Relevance, undue prejudice, substantially outweighed, improper closing statement, caretaker abuse, manipulation by defendant

no violation of the right to confrontation occurred during probation violation proceeding; ineffective assistance of counsel claim failed where there was no showing that counsel's performance was deficient; trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the defendant willfully failed to pay monies owed as a condition of probation

certiorari, attorney?s fees, restitution order, opportunity to be heard

probable cause, DWI, impaired, HGN Test, breath test, motion to suppress, totality of the circumstances

termination of sex offender registration

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