Negligence action for a slip and fall on City-owned premises leased to a nonprofit entity; summary judgment granted for defendant based on governmental immunity; whether ownership and maintenance of the building was a governmental or proprietary function.

Appeal from sentence imposed in conjunction with a plea agreement; whether the trial court erred in accepting defendant's stipulation to a previous second-degree murder conviction as a Class B1 offense; application of State v. Sanders and State v. Wingate to determine whether the stipulation was to a question of fact or a question of law.

Whether, at defendant's trial for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, the trial court committed prejudicial error by (1) declining to give certain jury instructions requested by defendant regarding 'no duty to retreat,' (2) denying a defense request to admit testimony from witnesses describing the victim's previous aggressive, violent acts towards others, and (3) denying defendant's motion for a continuance.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the affidavit on which a warrant authorizing a search of defendant's property was based established probable cause to issue the warrant.

Appeal from conviction for driving a motor vehicle while having an open container of alcohol in the passenger compartment; whether the citation identifying the offense was a sufficient criminal pleading, standing alone, to give the superior court jurisdiction over the offense.

Appeal from defendant's convictions for trafficking in and manufacturing methamphetamine; whether the trial court committed plain error in instructing the jury on aiding and abetting.

Appeal from trial court's entry of summary judgment for plaintiff and subsequent order denying defendants' motion for reconsideration under Civil Procedure Rule 59; whether defendants' Rule 59 motion tolled the time period in Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c) for filing an appeal from the summary judgment order; whether Rule 59 can provide relief from a summary judgment order or is limited to post-trial motions.

Constructive eviction; covenant of quiet enjoyment; lost profits damages; JNOV; required notice; failure to repair.

civil contempt, present ability to pay; purge payments

Real Property; Riparian Rights; Easements; Chain of Title

compromise verdict; damages; employment contract; learned profession exception

Termination of Parental Rights; no merit brief; N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure

Industrial Commission; workers compensation; privacy

jury selection, Batson motion, peremptory challenges; jury instruction

Preservation of Error; Appellate Rule 10; Timely Objection

Sex Offenses; Statutory Rape; Second Degree Kidnapping; Indictment; Jury Instruction; Sentencing

no error; motion to sever; trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion for severance or dismissing a juror; trial court committed harmless error by omitting requested jury instruction; defendant received a fair trial, free from prejudicial error

Motion to recuse or disqualify district attorney's office from prosecuting criminal charges; conflict of interest

appellate review; transcript