Appeal from conviction for common law obstruction of justice, as elevated to a felony under N.C.G.S. § 14-3(b); whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based on insufficient evidence.

Whether a noncitizen who pleaded guilty to a deportable crime but claimed that he was not correctly advised by counsel of the immigration consequences of his plea should be allowed to withdraw it; application of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky.

Whether defendant owed a fiduciary duty to plaintiff when defendant audited plaintiff's financial statements; whether plaintiff is barred from recovery by the doctrines of contributory negligence and in pari delicto.

Review of recommendation for public reprimand.

Whether defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; whether excerpts from a jailhouse audiotape and transcript of a conversation between defendant and another inmate were admissible under Rule of Evidence 404(b).

Whether the N.C. State Bar has jurisdiction to discipline a sitting judge who has already been disciplined by the Judicial Standards Commission for the same conduct while in public office.

Whether Midrex Technologies is entitled to an income and franchise tax refund as an excluded corporation as defined in N.C.G.S. 105-130.4(a)(4).

Whether a statute involuntarily transferring the assets and debts of the City's water system to a metropolitan sewer authority violated Article II, Section 24 of the North Carolina Constitution.

Appeal from three-judge panel's order declaring facially unconstitutional a 2014 law withdrawing the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction over areas beyond the municipal limits.

Under non-judicial foreclosure by power of sale under deed of trust, whether the successor trustee established its right to foreclose.