Batson motion; Batson hearing; Batson inquiry; voir dire; purposeful discrimination; Equal Protection Clause; peremptory strike; peremptory challenge; discriminatory intent

Driving while intoxicated; judicial notice; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motor vehicle; felonious serious injury by a motor vehicle; blood draw; motion to suppress; chain of custody; competent evidence

armed robberies; prosecutorial comments about race in closing argument; no reversible error; in-court identifications; decline to exercise Rule 2 of North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure

Constitutionality of traffic stop; motion to suppress; guilty plea not pursuant to plea arrangement with the State.

right to public trial; Rule 702; lay testimony

Forgery, uttering forged paper, habitual felon, impeachment of witness, prior record level calculation, imposition of civil judgment.

Motion to dismiss; wrongful discharge; Occupational Safety & Health Act of North Carolina; Retaliatory Discrimination Act; public policy

third-party custody; grandparent standing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.1(a); conduct inconsistent with parental status; best interests of the child

Interlocutory appeal; NCGS 1-277; substantial right; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 26, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 45; statutory construction; attorney-client privilege; work product; privilege log; content of subpoena.

Final judgment, set aside, personal jurisdiction, service of process, Rule 4(j)(1)(c), agent, received summons, presumption of service, extraordinary circumstances.

Interlocutory appeal; no Rule 54(b) certification; no substantial right lost; dismissal.

Child Custody Orders; Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Corporation, dismissed, interlocutory, motion to amend, motion to dismiss, personal jurisdiction, process, service

Child support; civil contempt; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 5A-23; sufficiency of factual findings

arbitration; interlocutory appeal; insufficient findings of fact

Interlocutory; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-267.1(a1); Three-Judge Panel; and Facial Challenge

Central Registry; Responsible Individual's List; constitutional challenge; facial challenge; as-applied challenge; Department of Health and Human Services; county department of social services

appellant failed to demonstrate that interlocutory order affected a substantial right and was immediately reviewable

Breach of contract; unjust enrichment; summary judgment; guaranty contracts; loan modification; loan maturity dates

Temporary child custody order; interlocutory appeal; substantial right