invited error; plain error; prior record level calculation

Attempted Sexual Assault;
Indecent liberties;
Habitual felon;
Motion to appropriate relief;
Competency to stand trial;
Sua Sponte competency hearing;
Structural error;
Harmless error;

custody action between grandparent and parent; temporary and permanent custody orders; standing

Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion by issuing a writ of certiorari and whether, under Rule 16 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Court of Appeals dissent sufficiently set out the basis for the dissent.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by determining that defendant held attorney-client privilege under the litigation engagement letter.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by overturning the trial court's decision to remove reunification from the juveniles' permanent plan.

Whether the State's petition alleging juvenile delinquency for the criminal offense of sexual battery contained facts sufficient to invoke the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court.

Whether this appeal concerning personal jurisdiction should be remanded for reconsideration in light of intervening precedent from the Supreme Court of the United States.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a)(2) from an order and opinion denying motions under Rule 59 for a new trial and Rule 50(b) for judgment notwithstanding the verdict following a jury trial.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing and remanding the opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission approving plaintiff's workers' compensation claim.

Whether there was competent evidence upon which the trial court could conclude that defendant had committed additional criminal offenses in violation of the terms and conditions of his probation.

Whether fentanyl qualifies as an opiate under the statute in effect at the time of the offense is a legal question of statutory interpretation.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon because the indictment was fatally defective.

Law of the Case, Multiple Appeals, Money Judgment

Termination of parental rights, Rule 60(a), clerical amendment, substantive amendment, clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, adjudicatory stage, standard of proof, amended order, original order.

Constitutional Parental rights;
Care, custody, companionship,and control;
Adjudication and disposition;
Ceasing DSS reunification efforts;
Ceasing visitation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1;
Required findings of fact;

ceasing reunification efforts; eliminating reunification as a permanent plan; guardianship; unexplained skull fracture; best interests determination

Contract; Interlocutory appeal; Interlocutory order; Wage and Hour Act; Unjust enrichment; Jurisdiction; Substantial right; Inconsistent verdicts; Two trials; Alternative pleading; Corporation; Individual; Employee; Person; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25.