Whether it was reversible error for the trial court to require defendant to wear shackles during his jury trial

Whether defendant's motion to dismiss charges of speeding to elude arrest and narcotics possession should have been dismissed because the State's evidence was insufficient to take those charges to a jury

Whether a defendant who was erroneously sentenced to an aggravated range term under a plea arrangement should simply be resentenced or whether the entire plea agreement must be set aside

Whether plaintiff's remedy for a workplace injury is limited to filing a claim under the N.C. Workers' Compensation Act; whether defendant is plaintiff's employer or co-employee for purposes of Pleasant v. Johnson

Whether a special assessment made by a condominium homeowners association is unlawful and invalid

Motion to suppress; constitutionality of an individual search for contraband that went beyond a student's outer clothing based only on generalized suspicion of all students

Workers' Compensation; employer admits compensability; whether the Indus. Comm'n made sufficient findings of fact to support its award when the Comm'n's opinion recited conflicting facts regarding the extent of the employee's work-related injuries and his differing accounts of how the accident occurred

Whether the State filed timely notice of appeal from the trial court's order allowing defendant's motion to suppress

Whether a county's general zoning power authorizes it to enact an adequate public facilities ordinance.

Negligence action for a drowning in a county park; denial of summary judgment for defendants claiming governmental immunity defense; whether park's operation is a governmental or proprietary function

Whether a county's general zoning power authorizes it to enact an Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance

Whether a county's general zoning power authorizes it to enact an adequate public facilities ordinance

Whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's action to annul his marriage to defendant for bigamy because plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence that defendant had been married previously

Action to collect unpaid bill for inpatient care received by defendant; trial court's grant of summary judgment for hospital on the amount due; whether there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding the reasonableness of the charges

Workers' Compensation; N.C.G.S. § 97-57; whether competent evidence supported Indus. Comm'n's findings on which insurance carrier had the risk for plaintiff?s asbestosis

Professional malpractice action; grant of summary judgment in defendants' favor; whether plaintiff's expert witness met the requirements of Rule 9(j)(1)-that he was reasonably expected to qualify as an expert under Rule 702(b).

Negligence action against the State; application of public duty doctrine to DOT's exercise of its mandate to maintain the public roads