Whether plaintiffs whose claims were dismissed with prejudice before a final judgment was taken as to all parties should be liable for payment of costs of defending the action that were incurred after their claim was dismissed; N.C. R. Civ. P. 54(b)

Trial court's grant of summary judgment for plaintiff on its claim of materialmen's lien under N.C.G.S. ? 44A-8; whether there were genuine issues of material fact.

Whether the trial court committed plain error in admitting lay testimony identifying defendant as the perpetrator of a crime based primarily on original surveillance video footage not introduced at trial

Whether there was a fatal variance between the indictment under which defendant was charged and the trial court's instructions to the jury

Whether a DWI charge should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds because of DMV's previous one-year suspension of defendant's commercial driver?s license following his arrest for DWI

Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of first-degree statutory sexual offense with a child under N.C.G.S. ? 14-27.4(a)(1) should have that conviction vacated because of a variance between the language in the indictment and in the trial court's instructions to the jury

Denial of defendant's MAR following his convictions; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding an evidentiary hearing to consider defendant's claim that he did not receive a fair trial because of juror misconduct

Whether defendant's motion to dismiss one of two felony assault charges against him should have been allowed because the charges stemmed from one continuous transaction

Whether plaintiff, who received a prayer for judgment continued with conditions after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery, received a final judgment making him subject to the N.C. Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program

Whether alleged overcharges for second mortgage loans violate N.C.G.S. ? 75-1.1

Whether defendants waived their right to compel arbitration of claims by engaging in discovery not authorized by an arbitrator

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as cocaine testified to the results of chemical analyses done by non-testifying chemists

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as marijuana and cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights apply to testimony before a jury in a noncapital sentencing proceeding

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.