jury instruction, lesser included offense, trafficking

death by distribution; proximate cause; actual cause; Rule 404(b)

motion to dismiss, insufficiency of evidence, possession of cocaine

guilty plea; larceny from a merchant by use of an emergency door; Anders review

habitual felon status, variance, fatal variance, material variance, aggravated sentencing, aggravating factors

exigent circumstances, findings of fact, conclusions of law, drug possession, maintaining a dwelling, motion to suppress, selective prosecution, equal protection, plain error, motion to dismiss, warrantless entry, fourth amendment, search and seizure.

voluntary intoxication, second degree murder instruction, premeditation and deliberation

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-96; Guilty plea; Conditional discharge; Motion to withdraw plea; Motion for appropriate relief; Immigration; Federal law; Manifest injustice; Misunderstanding consequences of guilty plea.

plain error review; jury instruction of compulsion, duress, or coercion

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1; Jury Instructions; “In Operation”; Motion to Dismiss; No Error.

Direct evidence; circumstantial evidence; embezzlement; conversion; substantial evidence; reasonable juror; fraudulent intent; reasonable inference

ineffective assistance of counsel; motion to dismiss, constructive possession, methamphetamine manufacturing

Whether a trial court reversibly errs in failing to exercise its discretion to hear oral testimony at summary judgment based on a misapprehension of law.

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant qualified as a resident of her mother's household for purposes of the underinsured motorist policy issued to her mother.

Officers had independent reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop. The traffic stop did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights.

Evidence considered in the light most favorable to the State was sufficient to support the trial court's decision to submit multiple counts of conspiracy to the jury.

Whether the trial court erred in its interpretation of N.C.G.S. 14 208.12A and its denial of defendant's petition for removal from the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry.

Whether the common law crime of going armed to the terror of the public contains an essential element that the conduct occur on a public highway.