no plain error where trial court defined sexual act to include disjunctive acts

Hearsay; Confidential informant; Surveillance video; Computer-generated time and date-stamp on video; Plain error; Computer records.

petition for writ of certiorari; Alford plea; Anders review

no notice and opportunity to be heard on attorney's fees; vacate and remand civil judgment

Breaking into a coin-operated machine; Felony larceny; Habitual felon; Motion to dismiss; Circumstantial evidence may withstand a motion to dismiss and support a conviction even when the evidence does not rule out every hypothesis of innocence; Eighth amendment; Cruel and unusual punishment.

defendant's arguments about the admissibility of testimony excluded under rape shield statute were not preserved for appellate review but trial court erred in ordering defendant to register as a sex offender because the offense requiring registration was committed prior to the inclusion of that offense in the definition of aggravated offense requiring registration

felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily harm; jury instructions; lesser-included offense; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-318.4

Grandparent Visitation;
Attorney's Fees under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.6;
Appellate Attorney's Fees under Rule 34 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure;
Prior Appeal;
State Bar Rule 1.5;
Required Finding of Fact;
Failure to Follow Mandate on Remand;

equitable distribution, distributive awards, marital property

Summary judgment; application of statutes governing disposal of county property; genuine issues of material fact; ownership of property; contract for disposition of property; N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-176; N.C. Gen. Stat. 160A-268; N.C. Gen. Stat. 143-129

statute of limitations, federal claim, Eleventh Amendment

Construction contract; settlement agreement; negligence; breach of implied warranty.

Whether North Carolina's Real Property Marketable Title Act exempts all restrictive covenants pertaining to a general or uniform scheme of development that restricts property to residential use.

Whether plaintiffs Cedarbrook Residential Center and Fred Leonard stated valid claims for negligence on the part of defendant North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services based upon the manner in which it inspected and took regulatory action against plaintiffs' adult care facility, whether any such claim is barred by sovereign immunity, and whether the public duty doctrine is available to defendant as an affirmative defense.

Whether the trial court properly rejected the General Assembly's Remedial Congressional Plan and accepted the General Assembly's Remedial House Plan and Remedial Senate Plan.

Whether the trial court's order finding that a law imposing a photo identification requirement for voters violates the equal protection guarantee of Art. I section 19 of the North Carolina Constitution was supported by evidence in the record and properly applied governing legal standards.

Whether the record evidence and the trial court's findings of fact support its decision that respondent should have been involuntarily committed for additional inpatient mental health treatment.

Whether the trial court violated respondent's due process right to an impartial tribunal in an involuntary commitment proceeding when the State did not appear and the trial court elicited evidence to support committing respondent.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying, without explanation, the city's Motion to Modify Restrictions.

Whether the trial judge violated respondent's due process right to an impartial tribunal in an involuntary commitment proceeding by calling a witness and eliciting testimony to support committing respondent when counsel for the State did not appear.