Equitable Distribution; Statute of Limitations

Batson, remand, step three, susceptibility to racial discrimination

Aggravating Factors; Ambiguous Verdict; Motion to Dismiss; Serious Bodily Injury; Serious Physical Injury; Verdict Sheet; Felony and Misdemeanor Child Abuse; Lesser-Included Offenses; Jury Instruction; Corporal Punishment; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Motion to suppress;
Search and seizure;
Arrest warrant;
Protective sweep;
Terry frisk;
Search warrant;
Plain view;
Reasonable suspicion;
Probable cause;

driving while impaired conviction; aggravating factors not found by a jury; reckless driving conviction

workers' compensation, temporary total disability benefits, extended benefits

defective notice of appeal; motion to reconsider summary judgment; motion to amend admissions

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating the trial court's adjudications orders and remanding with instructions to grant specific visitation criteria.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by determining that the trial court's findings of fact did not support its conclusion of law adjudicating a minor a neglected juvenile.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that plaintiff-appellant stated a cognizable claim under Article I, Section 1 of the North Carolina Constitution but failed to state a cognizable claim under Article I, Section 19.

Whether the Due Process Clause permits the trial court to exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate and individual defendants based on business-related activities that the defendants conducted in North Carolina.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that a jury's guilty verdict was ambiguous and whether N.C.G.S. ss 14-17(b)(1) requires a criminal defendant to be sentenced for a Class B2 felony when there is evidence introduced at trial that the defendant engaged in an inherently dangerous act or omission, done in such a reckless and wanton manner as to manifest a mind utterly without regard for human life and social duty and deliberately bent on mischief.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that there was no error in the trial court's order finding that defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky.

Whether the trial court's order on remand finding no Batson violation was clear error.

Whether the findings of fact and conclusions of law suffice to support the trial court's order of attorneys' fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. 6-21.5 (2021).

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; res judicata; collateral estoppel; burden; inconsistent verdicts; grounds for appellate review; Denney v. Wardson Construction, Inc.

interlocutory, interlocutory appeal, postseparation support, petition for writ of certiorari, subject-matter jurisdiction, statutory interpretation.

Due Process; Public Employee; Discharge in Violation of First Amendment Free Speech Rights; Speech on Matter of Public Concern