Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss because the circumstances warranted a presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness and the prosecution failed to join the offenses under N.C.G.S. 15A-926 and State v. Warren, 313 N.C. 254 (1985).

Whether the trial court order entering a judgment of guilty pursuant to N.C.G.S. 14-16.7(a) as inconsistent with the First Amendment.

Workers' Compensation; Injury by Accident

Intentional infliction of emotional distress; alienation of affection; negligent infliction of emotional distress; criminal conversation; judgment notwithstanding the verdict; fifth amendment privilege; subject matter jurisdiction; election of remedies; heart balm torts; transitory torts; expert testimony; lay witness testimony; and authentication.

Intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress; revenge porn; unlawful disclosure of private images; cyberstalking; libel per se; expert testimony; lay witness testimony; authentication; and judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Neglect, dependency, adjudication, mirroring words of petition, failure to make ultimate findings of fact, mental health of parent, hyperbolic statements, evidence must fully convince, injurious environment, failure to make findings required reversal

threat, felony, statement, misdemeanor, delinquent, sufficiency, statutory mandate, Rule 2, adjudication, disposition, juvenile, student, objective, subjective, true threat, reasonable, petition, communication

best interest of the child, UCCJEA, denial of visitation

North Carolina Industrial Commission; dependent filing; death benefits; funeral benefits; jurisdiction; claim for compensation; right to compensation

first-degree murder; conspiracy to commit murder; first-degree kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; voluntary intoxication; murder by torture

Driving while intoxicated; judicial notice; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motor vehicle; felonious serious injury by a motor vehicle; blood draw; motion to suppress; chain of custody; competent evidence

Constitutionality of traffic stop; motion to suppress; guilty plea not pursuant to plea arrangement with the State.

third-party custody; grandparent standing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.1(a); conduct inconsistent with parental status; best interests of the child

Interlocutory appeal; NCGS 1-277; substantial right; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 26, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 45; statutory construction; attorney-client privilege; work product; privilege log; content of subpoena.

Interlocutory; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-267.1(a1); Three-Judge Panel; and Facial Challenge

Evidentiary standard; constitutionally protected parental status; reunification efforts; and N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-906.2(b)

juvenile; disposition; transcript of admission; knowing and voluntary admission

Separation agreement; child support; Pataky presumption; attorney?s fees, and imputation of income.