ineffective assistance of counsel; confrontation clause; statements offered to explain subsequent actions during an investigation

In rem jurisdiction; Civil forfeiture; Criminal forfeiture.

plea agreement; petition for writ of certiorari; N.C.G.S. 15A-1444

mistrial; closing arguments

Sufficiency of indictment, failure to notify the last registering sheriff of a change of address, jury instructions, plain error, motion to dismiss, right to allocution, attorney fees, entry of order.

Workers' Compensation, Arising out of Employment, Idiopathic Condition, Sufficient Evidence, Unexplained Falls

Living trust; spendthrift trust; revocability; slayer statute

Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's partial denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment as to the claims against him in his individual capacity, finding genuine issues of material fact exist concerning whether defendant acted with malice when arresting plaintiff, thereby overcoming the presumption of public official immunity that would otherwise bar such claims against defendant.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in interpreting provisions of N.C.G.S. 22B-20 and affirming the trial court's grant of summary judgment on that basis.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order affirming the Treasurer's declaratory ruling, which concluded that N.C.G.S. 116B-78(d) prohibits property finders from depositing checks into trust accounts for their clients.

Standing to file a private termination of parental rights petition; abandonment as a ground to support termination; disposition.

Termination of parental rights; jurisdiction; denial of motion to continue; adjudication of neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); and ineffective assistance of counsel.

Termination of parental rights; denial of petition for failure to prove ground for termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a); sufficiency of findings of fact and conclusions of law under N.C.G.S. 7B-1109(e), -1110(c)

Termination of parental rights; collateral attack of an initial custody determination prohibited on appeal of an order terminating parental rights; motion to terminate parental rights must provide sufficient notice of the alleged grounds; insufficient evidence and findings of fact to support termination of respondent-father's parental rights.

Termination of parental rights; whether termination order was properly entered pursuant to Rules 52 and 63 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights for neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the record supports the trial court's findings of fact; whether the trial court's findings of fact support its determination that the juvenile had been neglected in the past and that the likelihood of repetition of future neglect was high.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by concluding that the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and rejecting defendant's requested jury instruction.

Appeal of an interlocutory order of a business court judge pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a)(3).

Whether a contract in which a buyer offers to purchase real property constitutes an evidence of indebtedness for purposes of N.C.G.S. 6-21.2 so as to entitle the prevailing party in an action to recover an earnest money deposit to an award of reasonable attorney's fees.

Whether the decision of the North Carolina Utilities Commission to authorize the amortization of the costs of remediating coal ash waste to rates over a ten-year period while denying the Company the ability to earn a return on the unamortized balance of those costs was arbitrary and capricious.