Felony murder; unpreserved juror challenge; motion to suppress custodial, noncustodial statements; jury instruction on lesser-included offense, second-degree murder; superior court transfer hearing.

sex-offender registration; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.12A(a); equal protection; residency; termination petition

Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act; multiple tortfeasors in collision between motorcycle and car, one underinsured and one uninsured; victim covered by two uninsured policies and one combined uninsured/underinsured policy; summary judgment in favor of insurance carrier; carrier not obligated to pay beyond combined limit of policy; carrier not entitled to a credit against its uninsured policy for payment from tortfeasor's liability coverage; bad faith refusal to settle and unfair trade practices

interlocutory appeal; motion to dismiss appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; facial or as-applied challenge; transfer of constitutional challenge to three-judge panel; subject-matter jurisdiction; ecclesiastical entanglement

sex offender registration; reportable convictions; whether two offenses are substantially similar; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14 208.6(4)(b)

findings supported that DSS made reasonable efforts at preventing placement; findings supported that visitation was not in the juveniles' best interest; trial court erred in failing to inform parent of right to a review of visitation plan

motor vehicle lien; legal possessor; N.C.G.S. 44A

Subject Matter Jurisdiction, State Health Plan, Denial of Coverage, External Review Organization, Appeal to Industrial Commission, Sovereign Immunity

trusts and estates; North Carolina Uniform Trust Code; trial court did not err in dismissing claims for breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud, and civil conspiracy against trustees as individuals because breach of fiduciary duty claim stated time-barred claim challenging the validity of trust, claim for breach of trust against defendants as trustees did not state individual capacity claim, complaint failed to allege special circumstances creating fiduciary relationship as a matter of fact between beneficiary and trustees, and claim for civil conspiracy against trustees as individuals did not state an independent basis of liability; claims for breach of trust against trustees and claims for constructive fraud and civil conspiracy against trustees in their capacity as trustees were legally sufficient and trial court erred in dismissing them