Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.

Following defendant's conviction for committing first-degree murder when he was a juvenile, defendant was mandatorily sentenced to life imprisonment without parole; after U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that sentences such as defendant's are unconstitutional, the trial court held a resentencing hearing and imposed another sentence of life without parole; whether the resentencing statutes enacted in response to Miller (N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.19A to -1340.19D) are unconstitutional.

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of misdemeanor child abuse and contributing to the neglect of a juvenile to survive defendant's motion to dismiss; whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to intervene ex mero motu during the State's closing arguments because of the State's alleged misuse of properly admitted Rule 404(b) evidence.

Whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant's request to give a jury instruction defining 'moderate punishment' at his trial for physically abusing his minor son.

Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence.

Declaratory judgment action by landowners to establish their vested rights to develop their property as originally shown in a plat approved by defendants and filed with the Register of Deeds; whether the trial court erred by denying defendants' motion to set aside entry of default and by entering default judgment for plaintiffs.

Juvenile delinquency; Disorderly conduct; Sufficiency of the evidence; Section 7B-2411; Section 7B-2501(c); Delegation of authority.

Medical malpractice, admission of clinical studies, preclusion of testimony regarding standard of care, Rule 9(j) exclusion of evidence,

directed verdict, Rule 50, governmental immunity, joinder of necessary parties

Last injurious exposure; Average weekly wage calculation; North Carolina Full Industrial Commission authority to amend an award

Declaratory judgment action; North Carolina Condominium Act; condominium owners? association?s duty to maintain insurance coverage on the common elements of a condominium community

Driving while impaired, probable cause, motion to suppress, swerving

Motion to Dismiss; Driving while Impaired; Sufficiency of the evidence

Rule 702(a), controlled substances, reliability of experts and methods

Corpus Delicti Rule; DWI; Motion to Dismiss

Search Warrant; Probable Cause; Insufficient Facts in Warrant Application and Affidavit

jury instructions; flight; variance; plain error

Indictment; Fatal Defect; Manufacturing a Controlled Substance; Elements; Intent to Distribute

Invocation of Right to Counsel; Further Questioning By Law Enforcement; Remand for Further Findings; Admission of Incriminating Rap Lyrics; Plain Error; Conceded Error at Sentencing