N.C.G.S. Sec. 15A-544.5 - motions to set aside bond forfeiture; reduction of bond amount not permitted

ineffective assistance of counsel; improper witness bolstering; statutory rape

Sufficiency of the evidence; Ineffective assistance of counsel

Witnesses, Fifth Amendment, Impeachment, Confessions, Prejudicial Error

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; improper witness vouching

Right to a jury trial; Corrective jury instruction

Rules of Evidence 403 & 404(b); Indecent Liberties With a Child.

Motion to supress; informant's tips; reasonable suspicion

N.C.G.S. Sec. 15A-544.5 - motions to set aside bond forfeiture; reduction of bond amount not permitted

N.C.G.S. Sec. 15A-544.5 - motions to set aside bond forfeiture; reduction of bond amount not permitted

Interlocutory Appeal; Insufficient Service of Process.

Abuse of discretion; Reversal of motion to set aside entry of default; Showing of good cause

Summary judgment; Mootness; Motion to Amend; Undue delay.

Service of Process; Due Diligence; Publication; Foreclosure

Whether defendants were entitled to summary judgment in their favor on real estate agent's claim that defendants wrongfully deprived her of a commission on the sale of their house by breaching their duty of good faith and fair dealing to the agent.

Appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 60 motion to set aside a modified voluntary child support agreement and order; whether the trial court that entered the modified agreement and order lacked jurisdiction to do so because the party seeking the modification did not follow the procedures in N.C.G.S. 50-13.7(a).

Condemnation proceeding filed under Article 9 of Chapter 136 to take defendant's leasehold interest in property for highway improvement purposes; whether, because defendant had a nonconforming billboard on the property under a long-term lease, the value of the property interest taken from defendant should have been determined under N.C.G.S. 136-131, defining 'just compensation' for a condemnation proceeding under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, rather than under Article 9, governing DOT condemnation actions in general; whether certain evidence is admissible to help the trier of fact determine the fair market value of the condemned leasehold.

Appeal from a Court of Appeals decision reversing a trial court order affirming an assistant clerk of court's order removing respondent as trustee of his incompetent wife's special needs trust and as guardian of her estate; whether the order affirmed by the trial court contained erroneous findings of fact and conclusions of law; whether the Court of Appeals majority gave appropriate deference to the clerk's discretionary decision to remove respondent.

Whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusion of law that respondent father's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).