Supreme Court
State v. Ward
Expert testimony that pills found in defendant's possession were controllled substances; sufficiency of evidence when expert's conclusions were based solely on visual identification
State v. Davis
Whether defendant received double punishment in violation of N.C.G.S. § 20-141.4 when he was sentenced for felony death by vehicle and felony serious injury by vehicle
State v. Chandler.
Extent of trial court's authority to grant defendant relief in an MAR proceeding
Stanford v. Paris
Timeliness of plaintiffs' appeal from an interlocutory order dismissing certain claims against defendants
State v. Ray
Whether the trial court erred in permitting cross-examination of defendant under Rule of Evidence 404(b) about incidents for which evidence of defendant's convictions was inadmissible under Rule 609
Hensley v. N.C. Dep't of Env't & Natural Res.
Statutory interpretation; extent to which subsection 113A-57(1) of the N.C. Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 regulates 'land-disturbing activities' in trout waters buffer zones
Brown v. N. C. Dep't of Corr.
Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eight-year 'life sentence'
Jones v. Keller
Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eighty-year 'life sentence'
Huber Eng'ed Woods, LLC v. Canal Ins. Co.
Interpretation of auto liability insurance policy under Maine law; whether a company not named as an insured in the policy is entitled to a defense under the policy
State v. Cruz
Noncapital murder case; whether trial court erred in denying defendant's request to instruct the jury on imperfect self-defense