Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine should receive a new trial due to a variance betweeen the language in the indictment and in instructions to the jury

Reasonable suspicion to make investigatory stopo of defendant's vehicle; motion to suppress contraband seized as a result

Whether satellite based monitoring (SBM) of a sexual offender 'recidivist' violates ex post facto protections

Whether felony serious injury by vehicle (FSIV) convictions must be vacated when the jury acquits defendant of a separate charge of DWI, which is a required element of FSIV; whether competent evidence supported the aount of restitution ordered by the trial court

Whether under the satellite-based monitoring program an 'aggravated offense' as defined in N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-208.6(1a) is determined by considering only the elements of the conviction offense and whether a conviction for taking indecent liberties with a minor qualifies

Whether a defendant who committed a sex offense before enactment of the State's lifetime satellite-monitoring program was punished ex post facto when the trial court ordered him enrolled in the program; ineffective assistance of counsel; validity of defendant's plea agreement

Whether a defendant who committed a sex offense before enactment of the State's lifetime satellite-monitoring program was punished ex post facto when the trial court ordered him enrolled in the program; double jeopardy; validity of defendant's plea agreement

Whether N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-415.1, which bars all felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional because it violates the ex post facto clause and is a bill of attainder

Probable cause to arrest for alleged DWI; revocation of driver's license under N.C.G.S. Sec. 20-16.2

Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eight-year 'life sentence'

Statutory interpretation; extent to which subsection 113A-57(1) of the N.C. Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 regulates 'land-disturbing activities' in trout waters buffer zones

Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eighty-year 'life sentence'

Timeliness of plaintiffs' appeal from an interlocutory order dismissing certain claims against defendants

Extent of trial court's authority to grant defendant relief in an MAR proceeding

Whether defendant received double punishment in violation of N.C.G.S. § 20-141.4 when he was sentenced for felony death by vehicle and felony serious injury by vehicle

Whether the trial court erred in permitting cross-examination of defendant under Rule of Evidence 404(b) about incidents for which evidence of defendant's convictions was inadmissible under Rule 609

Erroneous referral of collection action to court-ordered nonbinding arbitration under N.C.G.S. Sec. 7A-37.1(c); whether plaintiff's sole remedy for relief from arbitrator's award was as provided under N.C. Rules for Court-Ordered Arbitration

Whether alleged overcharges for second mortgage loans violated N.C.G.S. Sec. 75-1.1; whether interlocutory appeal was properly certified under Div. P. Rules 54(b)