Appeal from probation revocation and reactivation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original enhanced sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Embezzlement; trial judge's determination of aggravating sentencing factor following guilty plea

Alford guilty plea entered before Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen were decided; whether defendant knowingly stipulated to facts supporting the trial judge's finding of an aggravating sentencing factor

Felony sentencing; whether defendant's probationary status when he commited the offenses at issue should have been submitted to a jury

Multiple sexual offenses with a minor; unanimous jury verdicts; judicial finding of an aggravating factor at sentencing (Blakely)

Appeal from probation revocation and activation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original aggravated sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Contract for sale of real property; waiver of closing; mutual mistake

N.C.G.S. § 1-72.1; Gag Order; Required Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Common law obstruction of justice; spoliation

Conversion, trade secret, unfair and deceptive trade practices, effect of administrative dissolution