probation revocation hearing; N.C.G.S. 15A-1344(f); finding of good cause; reasonable efforts to hold revocation hearing prior to the expiration of probationary term.

trial court erred by closing courtroom without making sufficient findings of fact and by denying motion to dismiss violation of local ordinance where the charging documents did not include the caption and the ordinance was not proven at trial

no new trial where transcript for one day of the proceedings is missing; incest conviction vacated because a niece by affinity is not a niece for purposes of incest as criminalized by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-178; trial court did not err by denying motion to suppress; remanded for correction of clerical error where judgment included previously dismissed conviction.

Motion to dismiss, Perfecting service, Service of process, Statutes of limitations, Rule 4

easement; abandonment; overburdening; dedication for public use; standing; appellate preservation

motion to dismiss; subject-matter jurisdiction; alienation of affections

willful failure to pay child support, sufficiency of petition, standard of proof

Request for release of custodial law enforcement agency recordings under N.C. Gen. Stat. 132-1.4A(g) must file a civil action, not a form petition.

Termination of Parental Rights; Ex Parte Communications; Procedural Due Process

Motions to Dismiss;
Failure to State a Claim Rule 12(b)(6);
Personal Jurisdiction Rule 12(b)(6);
Notice;
Irregular Judgment;
General Appearance;
Waiver;
Attorney's Fees Prevailing Party;
Seeking Affirmative Relief;

Arbitration Agreement;
Interlocutory Orders;
Substantial Right;
Burden of Proof;
Untimely Affidavit;

Motion to suppress evidence; Fourth Amendment; traffic stop; weapons frisk; Terry frisk; totality of circumstances; validated gang member; officer's knowledge of prior murder charge; frisk of vehicle; may not raise different theory on appeal; prior record level worksheet; notice of prior record level point for committing a crime while on probation; parole or post-release supervision; waiver of notice of prior record level point.

sovereign immunity, implied-in-fact contract, immunity for institutions of higher learning related to COVID-19

USCIS Form I-864 Affidavit of Support;
Household Size to Determine Financial Support;
Sponsored Immigrant's Income;
Quasi-Contract;
Equitable Damages;
Foreign-Money Claims Act, N.C. Gen Stat. 1C-1820-1834;
Missing Trial Transcript;
Attorney's Fees, N.C. Rev. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5;

Rule 54(b) certification; substantial right; interlocutory appeal; dismissal

1st Degree Murder;
Attempted First Degree Murder;
Arson;
Felony Murder;
Premeditation and deliberation;
Sufficiency of indictment;
Rules 401, 402, 403, 404(b);
Transferred Intent;
Prior Bad Acts;

motion to suppress; traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; medically canceled driver's license; search incident to arrest

Dismissal of unnecessary petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1222 and 15A-1232; fair and clear jury instructions taken as a whole; DNA and fingerprint evidence; insufficient expert testimony under Rule 702(a)(3); no prejudicial error in admission of expert testimony; habitual breaking and entering status offense as a Class E felony; no clerical error on written judgment.