Appeal from probation revocation and reactivation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original enhanced sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Embezzlement; trial judge's determination of aggravating sentencing factor following guilty plea

Alford guilty plea entered before Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen were decided; whether defendant knowingly stipulated to facts supporting the trial judge's finding of an aggravating sentencing factor

Felony sentencing; whether defendant's probationary status when he commited the offenses at issue should have been submitted to a jury

Multiple sexual offenses with a minor; unanimous jury verdicts; judicial finding of an aggravating factor at sentencing (Blakely)

Appeal from probation revocation and activation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original aggravated sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Equitable distribution; whether death of one spouse after date of separation but before divorce converts real property held as tenants by entirety to surviving spouse's separate property

Interlocutory appeal from denial of motion to dismiss; subect matter jurisdiction; church governance issues

Dependent child; appeal from order granting legal custody to biological father; trial court's jurisdiction to conduct evidentiary hearing once juvenile matter has been closed

Judicial removal; failure to file federal income tax return

Whether child's bruising from corporatl punishment is sufficient evidence of parental abuse and neglect as defined in N.C.G.S. § 7B-101

Whether grounds existed to terminate parental rights based on neglect

Crime against nature law; statutory construction; application to minors less than three years apart in age

Statutory construction; whether Loan Broker Act applies to corporate borrowers

Guilty plea; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1022(c); whether defendant established fair and just reason to withdraw his plea

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Argument/assignment of error dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1)

On reconsideration; judicial determination of aggravating factors; Washington v. Recuenco

Prospective juror with close ties to law enforcement; denial of defendant's challenge for cause; whether trial court abused its discretion