Discharging a weapon into occupied property causing serious injury; indictment; motion to dismiss

Warrantless search; drug possession; possession of firearm by felon

post conviction DNA testing, Anders-type review

Eviction of holdover tenant; validity of transfer of deed to a trust alone; Defendants' pleadings stricken as sanction; unpreserved arguments

Workers' Compensation; disability; diminished wage-earning capacity; findings of fact

Negligence; directed verdict; proximate cause.

Board of adjustment; land use ordinance; use variance; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-705(d)

Involuntary dismissal; Rule 41(b); waiver

Jury Instructions; Preservation; Plain Error Review; Opium Trafficking; Lesser Included Charges; No Error

limiting instruction, no plain error, sex offender registration

Sufficient foundation for expert witness; fingerprint identification; Rule 702(a)

jury selection, Rule 401, Rule 403, Rule 702, "Round trip time" cell phone location data

Authentication, preservation, motion to dismiss, jury instructions

Motion to Suppress; vehicle search; custodial interrogation

motion to dismiss; de novo; armed robbery; dangerous weapon; capable of endangering or threatening a life; permissive inference; substantial evidence; jury instructions; no error.

misdemeanor communicating threats conviction, motion for continuance, Constitutional right to prepare a defense

lease; survivor of the lease; breach of contract; scrivener's error; parol evidence

Defamation, libel, civil tort