Involuntary commitment; NCGS 122C-266; failure to object, N.C. R. App. 10(a)(1); suspend the rules, N.C. R. App. P. 2.

Termination of parental rights; appeal from dispositional order challenges to findings of fact; best interests determination

Termination of parental rights; parent's right to effective assistance of counsel; termination on ground of willful abandonment

Medical malpractice/wrongful death; directed verdict; fraudulent concealment; active fraud; constructive fraud; Watts v. Cumberland Cty. Hosp. Sys.

Rezoning decision, notice of public input session; failure to follow uniform

Automobile negligence; medical liens; fair medical billing statute; effect of failing to bill patient's health insurer on recovery of medical charges through patient's tort judgment

assault; assault with deadly weapon; jury instruction; plain error; pattern jury instruction; bodily injury; offensive conduct; death; serious bodily injury; reasonable belief; self-defense

motion to suppress; possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana; knock and talk; 4th Amendment

Traffic stop; Search and seizure; Motion to suppress

Tracking dog; purebred hound; admissibility of evidence; McLeod factors; reliability.