probation revocation hearing; subject matter jurisdiction; NCGS 15A-1344(f); clerical error; NC Rules of Civil Procedure 60(a)

N.C. Rule of Evidence 611

Trafficking methamphetamine; manufacturing methamphetamine; possession of a precursor chemical; fatal variance

Closing Argument; Gross Impropriety; Expert Witness

Juvenile code; parent is necessary party; permanency planning hearing

First-degree murder, felony murder, doctrine of merger, lesser included offenses, aggressor doctorine

failure to register as a sex offender, §§ 14-208.9, 14-208.11; indictment

Criminal contempt; Consent order; Felony secret peeping; Convicted sex offender; plain meaning; Sex Offender Registration Program

Unconsentable conflict of interest in commercial real estate closing

Workers' Compensation; Parsons presumption; Futility of seeking employment

Workers' Compensation; Injury sustained by an employee while working out of state; Whether the N.C. Industrial Commission has subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's claim under N.C.G.S. 97-36.

Following foreclosure, whether guarantors on a loan secured by the real property can assert a defense under N.C.G.S. 45-21.36 to reduce their individual liability for the debt or whether that defense is available only to the borrower who owned the real property used as collateral for the loan.

Whether in-custody incriminating statements made by a juvenile should be suppressed as inadmissible under N.C.G.S. 7B-2101(b); whether a defendant's uncle qualifies as a guardian or custodian for purposes of that statute.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether a judge can make findings of fact concerning evidence that the judge did not hear.

Whether substantial evidence supported all three of defendant's convictions for first-degree rape of a child.

Whether an indictment charging defendant with injury to personal property was fatally defective because it did not allege that both of the alleged co-owners of the damaged property had the legal ability to own property.

Whether the trial court (1) erred in allowing the State to introduce text messages from a cell phone belonging to one of defendant's co-conspirators, and (2) committed plain error in admitting a detective's opinion testimony regarding the content of text messages among all co-conspirators.

Whether an indictment charging defendant with obtaining property by false pretenses was fatally defective because it failed to state the alleged false representation made by defendant.

Whether defendant must testify in order to preserve an in limine objection to impeachment by prior conviction; whether prior record level is reviewable after defendant's stipulation.