Whether defendant properly preserved his challenge to the trial court's failure to instruct the jury concerning self-defense for purposes of appellate review; whether the trial court erred by rejecting defendant's request for an instruction concerning self-defense.

Whether defendant violated provisions of the Consumer Economic Protection Act of 2009.

Whether the superior court abused its discretion by denying defendant's petition for writ of certiorari.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion for class certification under Rule 23 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Whether, under extraordinary circumstances, the trial court properly ordered certain state actors to transfer available state funds to remedy an ongoing constitutional violation.

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for a transcript of a prior trial and motion to continue.

Whether the trial court deprived defendant of his right to confront witnesses against him at defendant's probation revocation hearing.

Revocable trust; appellate jurisdiction, trial court's subject matter jurisdiction, and the trustee's duties and powers concerning trust litigation.

Whether the trial court could entertain any of the claims brought by the former pastor of a church who alleged he was improperly terminated by the church's Board of Directors, or whether doing so required the court to become impermissibly entangled with ecclesiastical matters in violation of the First Amendment.