Whether by failing to object at trial defendant waived appellate review of the trial court's instructions to a single juror in violation of Article I, Section 24 of the North Carolina Constitution

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. Sec. 115C-431 procedures to resolve funding disputes between local school boards and county commissioners

Probable cause or reasonable suspicion to conduct warrantless search of defendant's vehicle based on information provided by an informant; motion to suppress evidence seized

Competence to stand trial

Whether N.C.G.S. � 14-2 (1974) defines a life sentence as an eighty year sentence for all purposes and not just for parole eligibility

Whether rules of civil procedure apply to court proceedings to enforce a summons issued by N.C. Revenue Dep't

Whether covenants imposing service charges on property owners are 'reasonable' and 'sufficiently definite'

Whether tobacco companies must continue payments to non-quota farmers under a private Trust Agreement predating the enactmen of federal buy-out legislation implementing company-funded payments to tobacco quota holders and producers of quota tobacco

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Appeal from JNOV in defendant's favor as to plaintiff's punitive damages claim