Plain error review; Rules 404, 608(b), 609(a); special instruction regarding whitness testimony, sentencing court's statements about defendant's prior appeal

First degree murder; Adequacy of Miranda warnings; waiver of Miranda rights

Probable Cause; Search Warrant

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-50(5)(a); statute of repose

Public official and sovereign immunity

N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 126-7.1(c2); priority consideration for State employment

Employment Security Commission; trial court had no authority to make substantive findings

Midyear income tax increase applicable to entire tax year; constitutionality under Art. I, Sec. 16 of N.C.

Domestic violence protective orders; equitable distribution; property included in marital estate

N.C.G.S. § 108A-57(a); extent of DMA's subrogation right when only part of a settlement is for medical expenses caused by the settling tortfeasor

Application of Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen to defendant sentenced in the presumptive range

Termination of Parental Rights; N.C.G.S. 7B-111(a)(5); Substantial Financial Support or Consistent Care

Workers' Compensation; payment for expert witness

Condemnation

Attorney fees and costs under Part 3 of the UCCJEA

Summary judgment

Breach of contract and civil rights

Statute of Repose, Land Contamination