Petition for writ of certiorari; motion to amend; trafficking in opium; lesser-included instruction ex mero motu; plain error; appellate rule 10(a); mixture establishes total weight of controlled substance.

Certiorari, Abuse of Discretion, Mandamus, Judicial Notice

clerical errors in judgment; trial court's jurisdiction to enter amended judgment to correct error after appeal noticed; defendant's right to be present during sentencing; right to be present not deprived where amended judgment corrected mere clerical error

Sixth Amendment right to counsel; waiver of the right to counsel

sufficiency of evidence to submit operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate charge to jury; unpreserved challenge to jury instruction on operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate was waived; sentence imposed for operating motor vehicle while displaying expired registration plate was not legally authorized

superseding indictment; guilty knowledge

Lay witness; evidence of malice; self defense; jury instruction

Intervenors, grandparents, child custody, attorneys' fees

Adverse Possession Under Color of Title; Trusts; Judgment on the Pleadings

The NC Insurance Guaranty Association; Bar date; Statute of Repose

Keep dangerous animal, dog bite, summary judgment for defendant, shifted burden to plaintiff, prior knowledge of owner, precautions taken.

permanent custody order; custody order awarding visitation to grandparents affected a substantial right of parent; trial court erred when it engaged in a best interest of the child analysis after granting full physical and legal custody, care, and control of minor child to parent; trial court erred when it granted grandparents visitation with minor child when parent was not found to be unfit and had not acted inconsistently with her constitutionally-protected status as a parent;

Civil/criminal contempt; Appellate jurisdiction

worker's compensation; implied contract of employment; right to control employee; joint employment

workers' compensation; arising out of; in the course of; slip and fall; laundry; Industrial Commission; traveling employee; writ of certiorari; abuse of discretion; Workers' Compensation Act; increased risk; personal errand; exclusion of evidence; prejudice; cross-appeal; causal link; scope of employment

Wrongful discharge based on public policy of reporting adultery; libel claims against co-workers; tortious interference with contract; summary judgment procedure

Indecent liberties, multiple victims, factual basis for guilty plea, Satellite Based Monitoring, certiorari, preserved errors, assistance of counsel, civil judgment.

Second degree murder; trial court refusal to instruct on self-defense; reasonableness in the mind of a person of ordinary firmness

attorney's failure to move to dismiss charge of conspiracy to commit murder was not prejudicial because there was sufficient evidence to support the charge; testimonial evidence was not hearsay and thus the trial court did not err in allowing the testimony into evidence; plain error in delivery of jury instruction on charge of conspiracy to commit murder when the indictment, evidence, and jury instruction were not in accord