Whether exigent circumstances justified a warrantless blood draw from an obviously impaired defendant charged with DWI; whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motions to suppress evidence and to dismiss all charges.

Petition for writ of certiorari to review order granting respondent's motion for appropriate relief under N.C.G.S. 15A-2010 to -2012 (2009).

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to traffic in opium by transportation.

Whether the Highway Patrol had just cause to terminate a trooper from employment for violating the Patrol's policy on truthfulness.

Arbitration

Law of the Case Doctrine; Novations; Assignment; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Motion to Dismiss; Motion for Summary Judgment; Attorneys' Feed

NCGS 14-415.1 (NC FFA); Declaratory Judgment Act; Effect of pardon on restoration of felon's firearm rights.

Summary Judgment, notice

Implied-Consent Laws; Willful Refusal to Submit to Chemical Analysis

jurisdiction, termination of parental rights

UCCJEA jurisdiction - Dispositional order

Subject matter jurisdiction, mandatory notice requirements, administrative appeal, statutory interpretation

Ambiguity, summary judgment, dissolved corporation

stay

Attorneys' fees, alimony, cohabitation

Corpus Delicti Rule, Error in Record Level Calculation

NCGS 15A-1444(e); Appellate Rule 21; Appellate Rule 2; writ of certiorari

Sex offenses; Sufficiency of the evidence; Evidence of grooming under N.C. Rules of Evidence 403 and 404(b); Exclusion of bias evidence involving the sexual conduct of a prosecuting witness under N.C. Rules of Evidence 401, 403, and 412 (the rape shield statute); Prejudice under N.C.G.S. Sec. 15A-1443

writ of certiorari; NCGS 15A-1027; collateral attacks on plea arrangements; right to continuance.