Administrative Procedure Act; Petitions for Judicial Review; Contested Cases; Licensing Discipline

Negligence; duty of care; sexual assault; Title IX; Section 1983; substantive due process; equal protection; independent contractor; tort law; failure to train and supervise; precedent; education; special-needs; exceptional children; summary judgment; and motion to dismiss

Possession of a firearm by a felon; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence; constructive possession; knowledge

Medical malpractice; administrative negligence claims; exclusion of expert testimony from hospital administrator under Rule 702; record insufficient for meaningful appellate review; exclusion of evidence under Rule 403

failure to instruct on lesser-included offense of possession of methamphetamine to charge of trafficking in methamphetamine by possession did not constitute plain error; remand for correction of clerical error in judgment was required where judgment listed incorrect offense

Declaratory Judgment Act, actual and justiciable controversy, public utility regulation, landlord/tenant exemption to regulation

Opportunity to be heard, attorney?s fees, civil judgments

relevancy; voluntary statements; N.C.R. Evid. 404(b); domestic violence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-32(b)

Improper remarks, ex mero motu, prosecutorial misconduct

Defendant convicted of assault on a child under 12 years old and felonious child abuse; fatal defect in arrest warrant; no subject matter jurisdiction; vacate in part; admissibility of portions of jail phone recordings; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 403; hearsay; flight risk; bad character; implied admission; no error in part

first-degree murder, threat, perfect self-defense, imperfect self-defense, defense of others, jury instructions, victim, force, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder, aggressor

Appeal from civil judgment for court-appointed attorneys' fees; requirement of notice and opportunity to be heard; conflicting order for waiver of fees; unable to determine whether trial court made clerical error

Revocation hearing; waiver of revocation hearing; jurisdiction; superior court; district court; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 15A-1347; petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. R. App. P.4.

speeding to elude arrest; sufficiency of the evidence; trial court's failure to recognize and exercise its discretion at sentencing; concurrent v. consecutive sentences

Jury instructions, statutory mitigating factors, defendant's right to a jury trial

Motion for Appropriate Relief; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 15A-1420

Impartial Tribunal; Appellate Rule 2; N.C. Gen. Stat. s. 15A-1222; Chain of Custody

probation, trial court's exercise of discretion

Duress; sex offense; indecent liberties; imminent harm; ineffective assistance of counsel; plain error; jury instructions

Possession of a firearm by a felon; possession of a stolen firearm; guilty knowledge; dishonest purpose; real evidence; and chain of custody