Interlocutory appeal; sanctions; attorney's fees; discovery violations; customary fees in market; untimely appeal; retention of jurisdiction.

Assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; habitual felon; general intent; specific intent; involuntary intoxication defense; Harbison violation; ineffective assistance of counsel.

First-degree sex offense; first-degree kidnapping; aiding or abetting; lesser included offense; jury instructions.

spousal privilege

plain error review; vouching for credibility of child-victim; closing the courtroom; ineffective assistance of counsel

trespass to timber; measure of damages where trees are ornamental and have little or no commercial value after being cut; replacement cost constitutes competent evidence of diminution in value of real estate owned for personal use

? jurisdictional defect under North Carolina Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(d)
? motion to dismiss allowed
? petition for writ of certiorari granted
? attorney's fees

First degree murder; jury instruction on lack of flight; harmless error

Whether a statute which created a private right of action confers standing to sue for that statutory 'injury.'

Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (4), (6); neglect; willful failure to pay child support; dependency.

Trial court did not err by permitting respondent's guardian ad litem, an attorney, to assist respondent's appointed attorney at trial by conducting some examinations and performing similar acts.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining termination was in the juvenile's best interests.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit review.

Termination of parental rights; neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); probability of future neglect; sufficiency of findings.

juvenile disposition order, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2502(c)

Equitable adoption

Substantially similar offenses; Attorney's fees