clerical error, concedes, sentencing

ineffective assistance of counsel; IAC; prejudice; Strickland v. Washington; reasonable probability; cold record; merits

Competent evidence; conclusive; contrary; unchallenged findings; constitutional argument; unpreserved; waived; abandoned; personal representative; estate; clerk; superior court; best interest

Termination of parental rights

Delinquent juvenile; simple assault; insufficient evidence of self-defense; remand for N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2501(c) required findings of fact; insufficient findings of fact to alter custody in disposition

TPR, termination of parental rights, neglect, findings of fact, children's best interest, grounds for termination

termination of parental rights; sufficiency of findings of fact; judicial notice of conclusions of proceeding; adjudication of neglect

TPR, termination of parental rights, adjudication of neglect, findings of fact, future neglect, incarceration.

termination of parental rights; challenged findings; no harassment provision in custody order; ultimate findings; willful intent

BAR reinstatement, Disciplinary Hearing Commission, sexual misconduct