Appeal from a Court of Appeals decision reversing a trial court order affirming an assistant clerk of court's order removing respondent as trustee of his incompetent wife's special needs trust and as guardian of her estate; whether the order affirmed by the trial court contained erroneous findings of fact and conclusions of law; whether the Court of Appeals majority gave appropriate deference to the clerk's discretionary decision to remove respondent.

Whether defendants were entitled to summary judgment in their favor on real estate agent's claim that defendants wrongfully deprived her of a commission on the sale of their house by breaching their duty of good faith and fair dealing to the agent.

Appeal from trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop; whether police officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle defendant was driving.

Whether an indictment intended to charge defendant with robbery with a dangerous weapon was fatally defective.

Condemnation proceeding filed under Article 9 of Chapter 136 to take defendant's leasehold interest in property for highway improvement purposes; whether, because defendant had a nonconforming billboard on the property under a long-term lease, the value of the property interest taken from defendant should have been determined under N.C.G.S. 136-131, defining 'just compensation' for a condemnation proceeding under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, rather than under Article 9, governing DOT condemnation actions in general; whether certain evidence is admissible to help the trier of fact determine the fair market value of the condemned leasehold.

Appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 60 motion to set aside a modified voluntary child support agreement and order; whether the trial court that entered the modified agreement and order lacked jurisdiction to do so because the party seeking the modification did not follow the procedures in N.C.G.S. 50-13.7(a).

Direct review of trial court's new order on remand denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence; when defendant was questioned by police while he was involuntarily committed, whether he was 'in custody,' required to receive Miranda warnings, and told he was free to end the questioning.

Whether the trial court committed gross prejudicial error by not intervening ex mero motu in the prosecutor's closing argument implying that defendant's paid counsel and paid expert witness assisted defendant in committing perjury.

Whether the indictment charging defendant with habitual misdemeanor larceny was fatally defective.