Whether (1) the trial court erred by failing to give defendant's proposed jury instructions on self-defense and transferred-intent; (2) defendant was prejudiced by such an error; and (3) the Court of Appeals was correct to remand the case for the entry of a judgment convicting defendant of second-degree murder.

Whether defense counsel conceded defendant's guilt to a charged offense without his prior consent so as to constitute a per se violation of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel.

Whether the repeal of the Racial Justice Act violated the North Carolina Constitution and the Constitution of the United States.

contracts; offer and acceptance; acceptance must conform to offer to be effective; no contract existed where neither acceptance or performance conformed to offer

Dead Man's Statute; prior to Uniform Premarital Agreement; statute of limitations

Personal Jurisdiction; Remand for additional Findings of Fact

Juvenile Petition, Permanency Planning, Findings of Fact, Statutory Requirements, Visitation

motion to dimiss; sufficiency of the evidence; tortious interference with contract; tortious interference with prospective economic advantage; abuse of process

Joint tenants with right of survivorship; broker-dealer/investment advisor; joint ownership of securities, NCGS 41-2.2; banking institution, NCGS 41-2.1(e)(2); deposit account, NCGS 41-2.1; motion to dismiss; appellate rule 28-arugment not timely raised.

inherent authority to compel compliance with court orders; Workplace Violence Prevention Act; civil contempt

constitutional amendment, General Assembly, ratify, district, gerrymandering, voter ID, photo ID, minority, majority-minority district, representative, special election, legislature

attorney fees; custody and child support; good faith; civil contempt resolved by agreement

request for comparative negligence, contributory negligence, trip and fall

Award of attorneys' fees under N.C. Gen. Stat. ? 6-21.5; justiciable issue of law or fact; good faith argument for modification or extension of existing law

motion to withdraw guilty plea

Attempted first-degree forcible rape, Attempted statutory sexual offense with a child, Testimonial Evidence

sale of cocaine; sufficiency of evidence to support submission to jury where amount tendered was less than negotiated

jury instructions lesser-included offense, murder, manslaughter, prior record level, out-of-state offenses, prejudicial error

ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to object to lack of notice of aggravating factor; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.16

Probation revocation; credit for pretrial confinement; sentence completed; moot appeal