Violation of right to speedy trial under North Carolina Constitution; no private cause of action for injunctive relief or money damages because of constitutional violation

Summary Judgment-Liability Discharged, Mere Instrumentality, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Constructive Fraud; Motion to Join; Damages-Recovery Amount, Equitable Contribution, Waiver Defenses.

second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; first-degree forcible sexual offense; NCGS § 7B-2501(c); NCGS § 7B-2605; right to confrontation; attempted larceny

Deficient notice of appeal; failure to designate appeal from final judgment

Car insurance; UIM Coverage; contracts

SBM

Trafficking in Cocaine; Motion to Suppress; Search Warrant-Probable Cause

Obscene gestures, disorderly conduct, reasonable suspicion, sentencing, stipulated prior record level

Motion to Dismiss; Issue Preservation; Rule 2; Sufficiency of the Evidence; Opinion Testimony; Plain error; Jury Instruction; Statutory Interpretation; Identity Theft.

Posession of methamphetamine; Wiaver of right to jury trial, NCGS 1201; formal arraignment; revocation within 10 working days after prior arraignment.

motion to suppress; Summers detention; occupant of premises being searched

Competing motions for summary judgment; contradictory affidavits created genuine issue of material fact; summary judgment improper

Modification of child support order; change in custody was substantial change in circumstances; exercise of subject matter jurisdiction proper

Divorce proceedings; appeal from trial court's equitable distribution judgment and order; application of N.C.G.S. 50-20; whether the trial court failed to join necessary parties to the equitable distribution action.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusion of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by finding there was sufficient evidence of respondent's willful failure to pay child support or that respondent willfully abandoned his children; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining the children's best interests.

Appeal from dismissal of respondent-father's appeal from an order terminating his parental rights; whether the Court of Appeals was required to conduct an independent review of the merits of the father's arguments after his appellate counsel submitted a no-merit brief pursuant to Appellate Rule 3.1.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court received sufficient evidence and made adequate findings of fact to support an adjudication of grounds under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(5) and (9).