First-degree murder (capital/death)

N.C.G.S. � 153A-344(b); whether issuance of a building permit also conferred a statutory vested rifht to conduct a mining operation on the same property; application of Robins v. Town of Hillsborough

Felony sentencing; whether trial court's unilateral finding of an aggravating factor was harmless error when the same evidence was used to prove an element of an offense

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Unemployment insurance eligibility; whether leaving a job to accept early retirement benefits under a company downsizing program is a disqualifying act under N.C.G.S. � 96-14(1)

Interlocutory appeal from denial of Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss; whether prior consent judgment collaterally estops plaintiffs from asserting any future interest in real property held by defendant corporation as trustee

Whether a juvenile petition alleging abuse and neglect can be later amended to add newly discovered allegations of sexual abuse against a child named in the petition; application of N.C.G.S. � 7B-800

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. � 14-415.1 amendment barring all felons from possessing firearms anywhere

Whether 'one person, one vote' requirement established in Stephenson v. Bartlett applies to superior court judicial districts