Pro se defendant-appellant; violation of a local ordinance, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-4; trial court's improper application of statutory sentencing requirements; motion to dismiss for selective prosecution; motion to suppress evidence.

Motion to suppress, 4th amendment search; identity of driver; probable cause; reasonable suspicion; search incident to arrest; jury instructions.

Probation; revocation; misdemeanor breaking or entering; competent evidence; and abuse of discretion.

medical malpractice; object left in body during surgery; summary judgment was proper on claims for actual and constructive fraud because there was no evidence of deceptive intent or fiduciary relationship between physician and patient; res ipsa loquitor did not apply because elements of both standard of care and breach required expert testimony; summary judgment on medical malpractice claim was proper because four-year rather than ten-year statute of limitations applied because evidence was uncontroverted that object left in body was intended to be left in body permanently for purpose of medical treatment; punitive damages claim failed where all other claims did not withstand summary judgment

Service of process; notice; due diligence; real property; good faith purchaser; tax lien; tax collector; right of redemption; redemption; disability; email; petition for writ of certiorari; default judgment; confirmation of sale; upset bids; foreclosure; commissioner's deed; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-361; restitution

Summary judgment; motion to consolidate; expert opinion of valuation; NCGS 47C-117(b); NCGS 47C-1-107; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 42(a); NCGS 136-108.

Personal jurisdiction; specific jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment

Industrial Commission; Workers' Compensation Act; legal standard for determining compensability of injury; attendant care benefits; Workers' Compensation Rule 614; discovery sanctions.

Sua sponte; Rule 60(b)(1); Parenting Coordinator; Writ of Certiorari; de novo; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-99, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-92.

first-degree murder; voluntary intoxication; admission of real evidence

Right to remain silent; defense of duress; constitutional error; remand from Supreme Court; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; no comment by State during closing.

Domestic violence protective order; subject-matter jurisdiction; civil summons; competent evidence of domestic violence; harassment; substantial emotional distress

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the trial court on the basis that plaintiffs' sweepstakes game violates N.C.G.S. 14-306.4.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief.

Whether the trial court erred by denying a motion to continue the termination hearing; whether the trial court complied with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act; and whether the trial court erred by eliminating visitation in the permanency planning order.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by determining that there was a likelihood of future neglect if the child was returned to respondent's care.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court properly concluded respondent's parental rights were subject to termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the trial court abused its discretion when it concluded termination was in the child's best interests.