Whether the trial court committed reversible error by restricting defendant's questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire.

Whether the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion to dismiss; whether the State violated defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial under Barker v. Wingo.

Appeal from the judgment of the trial court after a jury returned a guilty verdict on charges of possession of various controlled substances; whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that the trial court did not commit error when it instructed the jury on the theory of possession of controlled substances by 'acting in concert' based on the evidence presented at trial.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court violated defendant's due-process rights by failing to conduct a competency hearing prior to or during defendant's trial.

Whether defendant's due process rights were violated when the trial court determined that she was voluntarily absent from the proceedings without first conducting a competency hearing.

Whether hands and arms can serve as a deadly weapon for purposes of the felony-murder rule; Whether the trial court's erroneous instruction that a garden hoe could serve as a deadly weapon for purposes of the felony-murder rule constituted prejudicial error.

Whether the admission of improper vouching testimony by a DSS investigator was plain error in a child sexual assault prosecution.

Whether the trial court erred in certifying a feepayer class and a refund class pursuant to a motion filed by plaintiffs to certify classes and subclasses under Rule 23 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Rule 12(b)(6); Rule 56; convert; matters outside the pleadings

Authority and roles of Attorney General; private settlement agreements; State treasury; authority over funds by executive officers; deposit and holding of State funds; NCGS 147-76.

Adjudication and disposition hearing; parental rights; care, custody and control; corporeal punishment; abuse and neglect; hearsay; lack of witness; other siblings neglected; denial of visitation and contact.

findings required to cease reunification efforts in a juvenile proceeding, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-911, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2

Adjudication of dependency; Adequacy of findings of fact; Notice of Appeal; Post-Petition evidence of paternity

Negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; Ordinary common law negligence; Election of theory of the action; Jury instructions

motion to compel depositions; Rule 30; protective order; summary judgment

judgment notwithstanding the verdict; reformation of deed; mutual mistake; negligence; motion in limine; exclusion of evidence

equitable distribution, account, passive increase, contempt order, civil contempt, purge, purge condition, sanctions, frivolous filings, attorneys? fees

Appeal from Department of Commerce Decisions under Chapter 96; Independent Contractor Status

interlocutory jurisdiction; change of venue