Supreme Court
Ward v. Carmona
Motor vehicle collision; whether a jury verdict finding both drivers negligent was supported by sufficient evidence, denying plaintiff recovery
State v. Stubbs
Whether the Court of Appeals has subject matter jurisdiction to hear the State's appeal from a trial court's order granting defendant's MAR, resentencing him, and ordering his immediate release
State v. Galaviz-Torres
Plain error review; whether defendant should receive a new trial in light of the trial court's unobjected-to failure to deliver a supplemental guilty knowledge instruction.
In re T.L.H.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to hold a hearing to inquire whether a GAL should be appointed to represent the mother pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(c)
Cape Fear River Watch v N.C. Envtl. Mgmt. Comm'n
Whether appeal from an administrative agency's order on petition for judicial review of EMC's declaratory ruling interpreting application of groundwater protection rules to power plant coal ash ponds that received initial permits to operate before 1984 should be dismissed for mootness.
Sandhill Amusements, Inc. v Sheriff of Onslow County
Application of N.C.G.S. 14-306.4, prohibiting operation of electronic machines that conduct or promote a sweepstakes through use of an entertaining display, to plaintiffs' marketing system; whether the challenged system is exempt because it involves a game of skill, rather than a game of chance; whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of gambling laws against them; whether appellate court has jurisdiction to hear sheriff's interlocutory appeal from the preliminary injunction because the appeal affects a substantial right
State v Berry
Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by giving a jury instruction that constituted an opinion on a question of fact in violation of N.C.G.S. 15A-1222 and 15A-1232
In re J.C.
Disposition order setting conditions for mother's visitation with minor children under N.C.G.S. 7B-905.1; whether the trial court erred in imposing costs of supervised visitation on the mother without first determining the mother's ability to pay those costs
State v Campbell
Whether an indictment charging defendant with larceny was fatally defective because it did not allege that the church co-owner of the property has the legal ability to own property; whether the State presented sufficient evidence of defendant's intent to commit felony larceny by showing that he made an unlawful entry and property was later found missing from the premises
Templeton Properties LP v Town of Boone
Review of zoning board's denial of a special use permit to open a medical clinic in a residentially zoned area