Expert witness, vouching, truthfulness, satellite-based monitoring

Self defense instruction, initial aggressor, regain right to self-defense

capacity to stand trial; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1002; remand for competency hearing

witness impeachment; prior inconsistent statements; issue preservation; invited error; doctrine of recent possession

constitutionality of warrantless search of an occupant of property for which a valid search warrant exists; the defendant did not qualify as an occupant because he did not pose a threat to safe execution of warrant; no reasonable suspicion supported warrantless frisk of the defendant for officer safety; inevitable discovery doctrine did not cure unlawful search and allow admission of seized evidence where the state failed to demonstrate arrest of defendant in the course of executing warrant was probable; correction of clerical errors in judgments was required where judgments did not reflect sentence rendered in open court

Satellite-Based Monitoring, Grady, Evidence of Efficacy

Satellite-Based Monitoring, Grady, Evidence of Efficacy

Batson hearing, closed courtroom, Rule 404(b)

instructional error; motion to dismiss; restitution

Motion to Dismiss, Summary Judgment, Statute of Limitations, Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel, Motion to Amend

Consumer Economic Protection Act of 2009; Statutory Interpretation; Unfair Practices; Debt Collection; Debt Buyers; Standing

motion to dismiss, negligence and NIED

mutual mistake, reformation of deed, statute of limitations on challenge to transfer under power of attorney, post-judgment appeal of denial of motion for summary judgment

Rule 12(b)(6), motion to dismiss, absence of necessary facts, facts defeat the claim, qualified domestic relations orders, modification of order

Negligence claims by builder against architect or engineer; applicability of licensure defense, for failing to obtain general contracting license, to negligence claims against architects or engineers

Whether the Court of Appeals properly determined that an interlocutory assessment of a local government staff member constituted a final, binding decision; whether the Court of Appeals rendered impermissible advisory opinions; whether a moratorium on a local permitting ordinance constitutes grounds to deny a permit application submitted prior to the enactment of the moratorium; whether the Planning Board exceeded its authority; and whether the Court of Appeals misapplied the law.

Constitutional Law; Whether the Governor or the General Assembly has the authority to determine the manner in which monies derived from certain federal block grant programs should be disbursed.

Whether, under North Carolina law, a commercial property owner who contracts for the construction of a building with a general contractor may seek to recover through a tort action against a subcontracted manufacturer of building materials for economic loss when the commercial property owner and subcontractor were not in contractual privity.

Whether all quasi-municipal corporations are exempt from liability pursuant to Chapter 75; whether a showing that an entity possesses a fifty percent market share is sufficient to survive a motion for judgment on the pleadings with respect to a claim asserting unlawful monopolization in violation of Article I, Section 34 of the North Carolina Constitution.