Private party intervention in contested case challenging civil penalty assessment

Judicial censure; issuance of ex parte order

2003 N.C. House redistricting plan; effect of whole county provision of N.C. Constitution on District 18; application of Voting Rights Act of 1965 to District 18

First-degree murder (capital/death)

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Felony sentencing; constitutionality of trial court's unilateral finding of four aggravating factors; imposition of attorney fees under N.C.G.S. § 7A-455

On remand; victim's statements to police; application of Davis v. Washington

Whether N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101 gives juvenile right to aunt's presence during police interrogation

Whether a child custody review order entered under N. C. G. S. section 7B-906 is appealed under former section 7B-1001(4); did trial court have subject matter jurisdiction without an affidavit of minor child's status/

Tort claims act; fire in county jail; DHHS inspection requirements; public duty doctrine

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 committed the offense at issue should have been submitted to the jury

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

Whether a positive urine test for marijuana, standing alone, supports a conviction for possession

Whether defense counsel's stipulation to existence of a factual basis for defendant's guilty plea was also a stipulation to the facts supporting the trial judge's finding of aggravating sentencing factors

Felony drug charges; admissibility at trial of evidence of previous drug sale by defendant under Rule 404(b)

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