workers' compensation; 10% late penalty; compensation for various expenses; attorney's fees

Competence to stand trial and represent one's self; Juror bias

petition for writ of certiorari, right to appeal from guilty plea, N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1444

Felony indecent exposure, N.C.G.S. 14-190.0(a1); Rule 404(b) evidence

directed verdict, summary judgment, attorney sanctions

Reformation; Mutual Mistake; Statute of Limitations; Laches; Non-Claim Statute

Voluntary commitment of a minor based on diagnoses of mental illness; whether N.C.G.S.? 122C-224.3(c)allows admission of certified copies of medical reports and records only if the minor is permitted to confront and cross-examine witnesses who prepared the reports.

Review of recommendation for public reprimand

Appeal from order granting general rate increase to electric power company

The trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress contraband obtained via a warrantless search; plain view doctrine; plain error review

Whether a defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon was entitled to a jury instruction on an affirmative defense based on justification for possessing the weapon

Whether a defendant charged with first-degree sexual offense under N.C.G.S. ? 14-27.1(4) was entitled to a jury instruction on the affirmative defense that his actions were taken for an accepted medical purpose