jury instructions; joint and several liability; intentional torts; indivisible injury; respondeat superior; Rule 59 motion

Workers’ Compensation Act; North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association; covered claim; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-130(4)

real estate development, storm water retention pond, continuing tresspass

Termination of Parental Rights; Right to care and custody relevance to best interest

juvenile, permanency-planning hearing, voluntary incarceration, guardianship, reunification, no-merit brief, abuse of discretion, best interests of the child, affirm.

Property Tax Commission; present-use value (PUV) status; N.C.G.S. 105-394; notice and opportunity to be heard; Machinery Act.

default judgment; personal jurisdiction; service of process; change of parties

closing arguments; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1230; ex mero motu; prosecutor's remarks not improper

Ineffective assistance of counsel; IAC; not guilty by reason of insanity; NGRI; murder; attorney’s admission of guilt; knowing and voluntary consent to admit guilt; Harbison error; diminished capacity; NGRI jury instruction; prejudice.

Armed Robbery;
Common Law Robbery;
Lesser-Included Offense;
Jury Instruction;
Mere Possession of a Firearm;
Responding to Jury's questions;

Waiver of constitutional claims; sufficiency of evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel

petition for writ of certiorari; guilty plea; knowing, voluntary, and intelligent; benefit of plea bargain; search; seizure; probable cause; consent; Cellebrite extraction; affirmed.

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; serious injury element; substantial evidence

PWC; factual basis; guilty plea; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1022.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant must pay an employer-funded 5% contribution under N.C.G.S. 143-166.50(e).

Whether public official immunity applies to a medical director at a state university and whether summary judgment was proper.

Review of recommendation for censure.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating the trial court's adjudication order and remanding for additional factual findings about how respondent-mother's actions impaired or substantially risked impairing the welfare of her juvenile daughter.