Ethnic Intimidation Statute, N.C.G.S. § 14-401.14

Unemployment benefits; misconduct or substantial fault

Red light camera; N.C. Const. Article IX, § 7

Mistake of fact defense to statutory rape; expert opinion on credibility; 608(b)

Ineffective assistance of counsel, jury instructions, burden of proof

Jury Instruction; conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon

Rape; kidnapping

Revocation of Probation; Modification of Terms after Expiration; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1344(f)

Customer's fall on defendant's premises; negligence; should directed verdict have been set aside & new trial ordered?

Minor child; neglect finding, followed by later custody award; mootness of appeal from earlier order

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect; grounds to terminate under N.C.G.S. § 7B-111(a)

Workers' Compensation; conflicting medical testimony; failure to address estoppel argument; whether that issue was preserved for appellate review

Negligence; third-party complaint against the State; proper forum; public duty doctrine; failure to allege waiver of sovereign immunity

Personal injury; jury instructions; mandatory presumption on amount of medical expenses incurred

Constitutionality of local act and an ordinance enacted thereunder; does repeal of the ordinance render a challenge to the act non-justiciable and moot?

First-degree murder (capital/death)

No error guilt-innocence phase; no error capital sentencing proceeding; non-capital sentencing vacated and remanded for resentencing

Prior adjudication of delinquency for an offense equivalent to a Class A thru E felony; judicial finding as an aggravating factor; application of Blakely