Breach of Contract;
Summary Judgment;
Illegal contract;
Genuine issues of material facts;

N.C.G.S. § 15A-977(f); N.C.G.S. § 90-108(a)(7); keeping or maintaining a vehicle element; ineffective assistance of counsel review.

Indictment; failure to discharge duties; obstruction of justice; jury instructions; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence; cumulative error; jurisdictional defect; non-jurisdictional defect

domestic violence protective order, felony DVPO violation, motion to dismiss, substantial evidence, Rule 404(b), similarity and temporal proximity, no error

Trafficing opium/heroin by possession & manufacture;
Firearm possession by convicted felon;
Non-Mirandized Statements;
Unpreserved Error;
Motion to Suppress and in Limine;
Cross-Examination;
Closing Argument;
Motion for Appropriate Relief;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

Statutory rape of a child;
Statutory sex offense with a child;
Indecent liberties;
Hearsay;
Recorded Recollection Exception;
In-court identification;
Motion to Suppress;
Denial of Substitution of Counsel;

first degree murder, first degree burglary, Harbison error, admission of evidence

First-degree murder; motion to dismiss; malice, premeditation, and deliberation; felony-murder rule; substantial evidence; felonious breaking or entering; jury instructions, arresting judgment; merger rule

Motion for appropriate relief; MAR; procedural bar; good cause; fundamental miscarriage of justice; ineffective assistance of counsel; evidentiary hearing; summary denial

Statutory Rape; Motion to Dismiss; Unanimous Jury Verdict; Improper Closing Arguments.