Supreme Court
Ribelin v. Creel
Whether a plaintiff who waited seven years after filing her initial complaint for child custody and support to prosecute her claim for child support waived her right to past child support during that seven-year interim.
State v. Snead
Conviction of defendant for felony larceny based solely on lay testimony describing contents of store surveillance video; whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding inadmissible (1) the video based on lack of a proper foundation, and (2) a store employee's estimate of the value of the goods stolen.
Faires v. State Bd. of Elections
Appeal from three-judge panel decision declaring facially unconstitutional a law permitting the voters to decide on retention of an incumbent Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.
State v. Hammonds
When defendant was questioned by police while he was involuntarily committed, whether he was in custody and required to receive Miranda warnings; whether defendant's statements were made voluntarily.
Thomas Jefferson Classical Acad. Charter Sch. v. Cleveland Cty. Bd. of Educ.
Whether a local school board is required to share certain program funds received from the federal government with public charter schools that enroll students who live in that same school administrative unit.
Herndon v. Herndon
Whether, at a hearing on plaintiff's complaint and motion for issuance of a domestic violence protective order, the trial court violated defendant's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
In re D.L.W.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (a)(2).
State v. Bishop
Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. 14-458.1(a)(1)(d), prohibiting cyber-bullying.
State v. McGrady
Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert witness testimony offered by defendant, pursuant to amended Rule of Evidence 702(a).
Kirby v. NCDOT
Whether the improvement, development, and subdivision restrictions imposed on plaintiffs' property under the Map Act, by which NCDOT identifies corridors that may be used for possible future transportation projects, amount to a taking by eminent domain.