Whether defense counsel's stipulation to existence of a factual basis for defendant's guilty plea was also a stipulation to the facts supporting the trial judge's finding of aggravating sentencing factors

Guilty plea entered before Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen were decided; whether defendant knowingly stipulated to facts supporting the trial judge's finding of an aggravating sentencing factor

Felony sentencing; whether defendant's probationary status when he committed the offense at issue should have been submitted to the jury

Embezzlement; trial judge's determination of aggravating sentencing factor following guilty plea

Alford guilty plea entered before Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen were decided; whether defendant knowingly stipulated to facts supporting the trial judge's finding of an aggravating sentencing factor

Whether a positive urine test for marijuana, standing alone, supports a conviction for possession

Felony drug charges; admissibility at trial of evidence of previous drug sale by defendant under Rule 404(b)

Whether a child custody review order entered under N. C. G. S. section 7B-906 is appealed under former section 7B-1001(4); did trial court have subject matter jurisdiction without an affidavit of minor child's status/

Appeal from probation revocation and activation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original aggravated sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Tort claims act; fire in county jail; DHHS inspection requirements; public duty doctrine