Pro se defendant-appellant; violation of a local ordinance, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-4; trial court's improper application of statutory sentencing requirements; motion to dismiss for selective prosecution; motion to suppress evidence.

Harbison error, implied concession of guilt, admission of facts not whole charges, jury instruction, lesser-included offenses, sufficiency of evidence, kidnapping, evidence of confinement distinct from concurrent assault

Motion to suppress, 4th amendment search; identity of driver; probable cause; reasonable suspicion; search incident to arrest; jury instructions.

bail bonds; quasi-estoppel; unjust enrichment; criminal defendant was estopped from recovering return of bond premium where defendant received the benefit of a re-written bond without notifying surety within a reasonable amount of time that defendant wanted return of bond premium rather than benefit of re-written bond, for which no premium was charged

declaratory judgment; will interpretation; former spouse; decedent's siblings; North Carolina General Statutes Sections 31-5.4, 31-42(b); testator's intent; unfulfilled condition precedent; residuary devise; intestacy; reversed

Stipulations for settlement and withdrawal of consent.

Adoptions NCGS Chapter 48; parental rights; biological father; Due Process; duty to support

Will Caveat; Declaratory Judgment; Mootness

Attorneys' fees; trial court authority to award fees under N.C. Gen. Stat. 6-19.1 in judicial review proceeding challenging agency decision under N.C. Gen. Stat. 113A-121.1; substantial justification for agency decision; sufficiency of findings of fact

discovery sanctions, Rule 37(b)(2), final judgment, mootness, choice of sanctions