Motor vehicle wreck; second-degree murder; motion to suppress evidence from traffic stop; plain error review of introduction of evidence of defendant's prior convictions

Application of corpus delicti rule to defendant's extrajudicial confession and conviction for sex offense with a child; plain error review of improper jury instructions related to defendant's conviction for indecent liberties

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Dismissal of criminal charge for State's failure to provide defendant potentially exculpatory photographs and poster; N.C.G.S. § 15A-954(a)(4)

Contractor's abandonment of project; award of attorneys' fees under N.C.G.S. § 44A-35 to subcontractor that obtained a lien on the subject property to pay amount owed

Certificate of need; whether total replacement of hospital facility should be reviewed as a new institutional health service or as a modification to a previously issued CON

Failure to produce x-rays; Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss common law obstruction of justice claim

Medical malpractice; alleged sexual assault by M.D.; denial of plantiff's Rule 59 motion for new trial on damages; ratification of negligence by medical clinic

Review of recommendation for judicial censure

Appeal from termination of parental rights; whether N.C. R. App. P. 3A permits parent's GAL to sign a notice of appeal on the parent's behalf

Rule 60(b) motion to set aside divorce judgment on grounds trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant; conflicting evidence whether defendant signed his purported answer to divorce complaint

Whether a prenuptial agreement waived all rights to equitable distribution or was simply a fair trader agreement

Standing to challenge constitutionality of driver's license checkpoint

First-degree burglary; sufficiency of evidence of defendant as the perpetrator of the crime of first-degree burglary

Tort Claims Act; negligent issuance of improvement permit following faulty soil test; public duty doctrine/special duty exception

Workers' Compensation; sufficiency of medical evidence on causation

Adjudicatory and dispositional order awarding child's custody to father; trial court's failure to meet time limit and hearing requirements of N.C.G.S. § 7B-807(b); proper remedy is mandamus

Workers' Compensation; whether employer contributions to employee pension and 401(k) account should be included when calculating plaintiff's average weekly wage under N.C.G.S. § 97-2(5)