Governmental immunity

Prior Pending Action; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Relationship Between Caveat and Challenges to Inter Vivos Transfers

Discovery violations by the State; admission of expert testimony of Spanish interpreter in light of discovery violation; no prejudice by discovery violation; and trial court's denial of defendant's requested jury instruction.

Reasonable suspicion for detaining defendant for a canine unit

Presumptive-range sentencing

Co-defendant testimony; prejudice

Doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing

Holder of note; Judicial Notice

Due process; attorney discipline

Possessory lien

Review of recommendation for judicial suspension

Review of recommendation for judicial censure

Whether defendant made a valid waiver of his right to counsel under N.C.G.S. § 15A-1242

Admissibility of pornographic material featuring incest at trial under Rules of Evidence 403 and 404; whether defendant was convicted of an aggravated offense under N.C.G.S. § 14-208.6(1a) and thus subject to lifetime satellite-based monitoring

Whether expert testimony is required to establish the extent of a victim's mental capacity to consent when a defendant is charged with second-degree sexual offense pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-27.5 and crime against nature pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-177

MAR proceeding; whether a trial court can retroactively apply the Structured Sentencing Act to modify a criminal judgment entered under the Fair Sentencing Act

Whether it was reversible error for the trial court to require defendant to wear prison garb during his first day of trial

Whether City's zoning of a newly annexed tract of land (1) was illegal spot zoning and (2) complied with N.C.G.S. § 160A-383