Tort Claims Act; Industrial Commission; N.C. Gen. Stat. 131D-34.

abuse of discretion; alimony; substantial change of circumstances

Summary judgment; one judge overruling another; testamentary and marital family trusts; duties of trustees; spouse's elective share; factors to be 100% countable; declaratory judgment; NCGS 30-3.3A(e)(1).

premarital agreement, real estate, divorce, separate property, marital property, gift, intend

Competency hearing; waiver of right to jury trial

counterfeit instruments, dollar bills, jury trial, waiver, colloquy, bench trial, statutory mandate, unanimous, constitutional right, script

Fentanyl; possession of fentanyl; opiates; expert testimony; voir dire; resisting, obstructing, or delaying a public officer; motion to dismiss; and trafficking in opiates.

Ineffective assistance of counsel; lack of motion for appropriate relief; dismissed without prejudice

Motion to suppress; findings of fact; conclusions of law; search warrant; search warrant affidavit; probable cause; nexus; Fourth Amendment; fentanyl

N.C.G.S. ? 15A-954; motion to dismiss; due process; equal protection; cruel and unusual punishment; Raise the Age; juvenile tried as adult.

probation violation; subject matter jurisdiction; N.C.G.S. 15A-1344

present recollection refreshed, prior consistent statement, jury instructions, plain error, clerical error

GPS tracking order, trafficking heroin, motion to suppress, non-owner of vehicle, probable cause, standing, common law trespass, reasonable expectation of privacy.

aggravating factor; armed with a deadly weapon; vehicle as a deadly weapon; new sentencing hearing or new proceedings entirely

Second-degree forcible rape; Relevant evidence under Rule of Evidence 401; Prior Bad Acts under Rule of Evidence 404(b); Rule of Evidence 403

Reasonable articulable suspicion; anonymous tip, totality of the circumstances; investigatory stop; prior charge; flight; reaching.

Confrontation Clause, excited utterance, harmless, hearsay, testimonial

Whether the Business Court erred by entering an order which refused to authorize payment of fees to an attorney who performed legal services for a receiver solely because the Business Court believed the attorney violated a prior order establishing the procedure for seeking authorization of fee payments. Whether an attorney for a receiver may recoup fees for work performed in relation to litigation arising from the trial court's prior denial of authorization to pay fees.

Whether a real estate developer has a duty to sequence development or conduct mass grading; whether a real estate developer has a duty to protect against the negligence of a third party.

Whether clear and convincing evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that respondent willfully abandoned the juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) and whether the trial court failed to make findings of the likelihood of future neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) in concluding grounds existed to terminate parental rights.