default judgment; personal jurisdiction; service of process; change of parties

closing arguments; N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1230; ex mero motu; prosecutor's remarks not improper

Ineffective assistance of counsel; IAC; not guilty by reason of insanity; NGRI; murder; attorney’s admission of guilt; knowing and voluntary consent to admit guilt; Harbison error; diminished capacity; NGRI jury instruction; prejudice.

Armed Robbery;
Common Law Robbery;
Lesser-Included Offense;
Jury Instruction;
Mere Possession of a Firearm;
Responding to Jury's questions;

Waiver of constitutional claims; sufficiency of evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel

petition for writ of certiorari; guilty plea; knowing, voluntary, and intelligent; benefit of plea bargain; search; seizure; probable cause; consent; Cellebrite extraction; affirmed.

Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; serious injury element; substantial evidence

PWC; factual basis; guilty plea; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1022.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant must pay an employer-funded 5% contribution under N.C.G.S. 143-166.50(e).

Whether public official immunity applies to a medical director at a state university and whether summary judgment was proper.

Review of recommendation for censure.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating the trial court's adjudication order and remanding for additional factual findings about how respondent-mother's actions impaired or substantially risked impairing the welfare of her juvenile daughter.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing dismissal of a claim for negligence at the 12(b)(6) stage based on contributory negligence and in affirming dismissal of a claim for punitive damages.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by determining the trial court committed plain error by instructing the jury once on first-degree forcible sexual offense where the defendant was indicted for two counts of first-degree forcible sexual offense.

Whether substitution of an alternate juror during guilt deliberations in a criminal trial violates a defendant's constitutional right to a jury of twelve.

Whether defendant satisfied the prejudice prong for plain error where a law enforcement officer testifying as a lay witness gave his opinion regarding defendant's intent at the time of an accident.

Whether the Court of Appeals' majority erred in holding that the trial court did not commit structural error in denying defendant's court-appointed counsel's motion to withdraw for defendant to hire counsel of his own choosing.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the superior court's order in which it determined that petitioners are entitled to receive adoption assistance benefits several years after the adoption was finalized.