Appeal from convictions for (1) two counts of common law obstruction of justice, as elevated to a felony pursuant to N.C.G.S. 14-3(b), and (2) accessory after the fact to sexual activity by a substitute parent; whether the trial court erred by denying defendant's motions to dismiss all charges.

Appeal from convictions for murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; whether the trial court erred in allowing two eyewitnesses to make in-court identifications of defendant as the shooter; whether the Court of Appeals majority correctly found that the trial court violated defendant's right to due process, that the error was prejudicial, and that defendant should receive a new trial.

Appeal from trial court's denial of motion to dismiss charge of trafficking in cocaine based on insufficiency of the evidence; whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that defendant preserved the issue of whether there was insufficient evidence that defendant actually possessed cocaine and that the State failed to present substantial evidence of each element of the crime.

Illegal sweepstakes; Gambling; Injunction.

Concealed handgun permit; application as affidavit; procedural due process; notice and opportunity to be heard; lack of transcript or narrative; NC Rule of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9(c); statutory definition of addiction; 21 USC 802.

termination of parental rights; willful abandonment; sufficient evidence

adjudication of neglect and dependency; residual hearsay; insufficient evidence; ruling after reversal.

Adjudication of Neglect; findings of neglect not supported by the evidence; conclusion of neglect not supported by the findings; Juvenile Interference Order

N.C.G.S. 7B-906.1(n), waiver or review hearings, preservation, reunification

3.1 permanency planning custody, guardianship; NCGS §§ 7B-906.1, 906.2, 600

Conditional Use Permit; Vested Rights, Whole Record Test.

Rule of Evidence 702; expert opinion testimony; Daubert reliability inquiry; forensic firearm identification; no plain error;

Double Jeopardy; Issue Preservation; Manifest Necessity; Mistrial.

murder - motion to suppress; kidnapping - motion to dismiss; Rule 404(b) - error in admitting evidence

Dram shop liability; defendant's policies and procedures; directed verdict; special jury instructions; N.C. R. Civ. P. 51(a); summarize evidence; equal stress; effect of jury's verdict.

child support; arrearages; contempt; civil contempt; criminal contempt; Rule 60; purge; statute of limitations

Termination of a career State employee; Warren analysis.

attorney's fees, State employee grievance