domestic violence protective order, mutual domestic violence protective order, findings of fact as to aggressors

Workers' Compensation Act; Pleasant claim; Rule 12(b) dismissal; subject-matter jurisdiction; special-employee doctrine

N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.12B; NC sex offender registration for federal convictions; substantially similar; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 52; reportable conviction; 18 U.S.C. 2252; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-190.17A; void for vagueness

First Amendment, Public-Forum Doctrine, Fighting Words, Resisting a Public Officer

embezzlement; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-90; jury instruction; failure to preserve argument for appellate review; failure to timely assert plain error

second-degree murder ; plea ; aggravating sentencing factor ; IAC ; ineffective assistance of counsel ; position of trust or confidence ; trust ; confidence ; murder ; open plea ; sentencing error ; sentencing errors ; sufficient evidence ; position of trust ; N.C.G.S. 15A-1022(c)

substitution of alternate juror; jury's review of evidence; instructions to begin deliberations anew; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1215(a)

N.C.G.S. § 105-242, general tax warrants, general tax collection, Fourth Amendment, search warrants, private property, unlawful search, G.M. Leasing v. United States, 429 U.S. 338, 358 (1977).

no abuse of discretion in denying individual or small group voir dire; no abuse of discretion in denying request for juror questionnaire; motion for appropriate relief brought pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1414 not reviewable by petition for writ of certiorari

probation, absconding, anticipatory bond

N.C. Const. art. I, sec. 24; jury deliberations; jury's review of evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1233(a)

Post Separation Support;
Equitable Distribution;
Dependent spouse;
Contempt for non payment;
Required findings of facts;

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant, a negligent truck driver, had adequate time and means to avoid injuring plaintiff, a contributorily negligent pedestrian.

Whether defendants had a right of immediate appellate review of the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motions to dismiss based on a claim of statutory immunity under the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment based on lack of proximate cause.

Whether the Business Court erred in dismissing a claim for judicial dissolution under N.C.G.S. 55-14-30(2)(ii) for lack of standing when the plaintiff-shareholder held the contractual right to exercise a put option and sell their shares back to the company at fair market value.

Whether courts interpreting state rules and regulations must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for promulgating those rules and regulations.

Whether the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, unlawfully incorporated certain conditions into general permits for animal waste management systems without satisfying the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming an administrative law judge's determination that a certificate of need award was improper.