State's appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. 15A-1432 from dismissal of DWI charge; whether the trial court's actions sufficed to establish that an order had been entered sufficient to support the assertion of appellate jurisdiction over this appeal.

Whether an indictment charging defendant with a real property crime was fatally defective because it did not allege that the entity that owned the property has the legal ability to own property.

Whether defendant was deprived of his right to a unanimous jury verdict when the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on an alternate theory to support a conviction for first-degree kidnapping when that theory was not supported by the evidence.

Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained by an allegedly unconstitutional dog sniff.

Medical malpractice; N.C. R. Civ. P. 9(j); loss of sepulcher, breach of contract are not ?medical malpractice? claims

Career state employee; Just cause for termination; Sufficiency of notice

Rule 9(j), medical malpractice, voluntary dismissal, statue of limitations

Appellate Jurisdiction; Mandatory Complex Business Case

foreclosure sale, bid deposit, NCGS section 45-21.30(c)

Initial custody order; Refusal of natural parent to participate fully in custody proceedings.

ineffective assistance of counsel, State v. Harbison, state of mind hearsay exception

Confrontation clause, child sexual abuse, declarant unavailable, medical diagnosis hearsay exception, excited utterance exception

Fourth amendment search

Batson; Reverse Batson; Peremptory Challenge; Grossy Improper Closing Argument.

4th amendment search; consent; reasonable expectation of privacy; electronic data

Pseudoephedrine possession; due process; strict liability; notice

Fourth amendment search

Habitual offense