Sentencing; Double Jeopardy; Rule 2; Statutory Interpretation

Statutory rape; Sexual exploitation of a minor; Lascivious Act; Motion to dismiss

Obtaining property by false pretenses; insurance fraud; plain error review; relevancy; limiting instructions; disclosure on application.

self-defense instruction; flight instruction

Workers' Compensation; wrongful death; third-party tortfeasor; subrogation lien; jurisdiction- choice of law; In re Civil Penalty.

juvenile, mootness, dismissed as moot

entry of default; specific performance

Professional Negligence; Surveyors; Duty of Care

60(b)(6), subordinate tribunals may not overrule higher tribunals

Abatement; Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; Child Custody; Grandparent Custody/Visitation

Equitable distribution
Painter
Watson
Claim

Motion for Appropriate Relief; Bill of Information; Waiver of Indictment; Jurisdiction

Motion to dismiss; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-138.1(a)(1); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141.4; prescription drugs; driving while impaired; closing argument

Motion to dismiss, sexual offense in a parental role, parent-child relationship, pro se motion for speedy trial, motion for mistrial, satellite-based monitoring determination.

Workers? compensation, jurisdiction, interlocutory, transformation of 12(b)(6) into summary judgment, lent employee doctrine, no genuine issue of fact

Appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals that, on remand from this Court, affirmed a trial court's adjudication of neglect of a minor child; whether clear and convincing evidence supported the findings of fact on which the order was based.

Action seeking trial court's enforcement of its previous order requiring DHHS to use the federal poverty level for a family when determining petitioner's income eligibility for Medicaid benefits; whether the trial court properly dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction because petitioner did not exhaust her administrative remedies before taking the issue directly to court.

Workers' Compensation; whether, when reviewing an appeal from an Industrial Commission decision that an attorney's fee was unreasonable, the superior court exceeded its authority under N.C.G.S. 97-90(c) and thus lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the appeal.