…indictment, and improper closing arguments. But those cases were marked as “unpublished,” so we all pretty much just ignored them and pretended they didn’t happen. Wait… what? What are unpublished…
…haven’t said whether judgment for the lesser included offense must be arrested, though a couple of unpublished opinions have noted the trial court’s arresting of judgment for lesser included offenses,…
I have written before about the cache associated with a handful of unpublished opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Sure, they aren’t binding, but they can be persuasive….
Along with the published cases released by the N.C. Court of Appeals on August 3, 2010, was an unpublished case of note. In State v. Davis, __ N.C. App. __…
…opinions in 2013, three fewer than in 2012. The Court has issued 19 opinions in civil cases, 18 opinions in criminal cases, three family law opinions, and one about worker’s…
…new trial. What are the rules for opinion testimony by lay witnesses? N.C. Evid. R. 701 provides that a lay witness may testify about opinions or inferences that are (1)…
…constitute admitting other evidence of the contents of the original recording? The published appellate cases do not squarely answer that question, but a couple of unpublished cases (see my thoughts…
…the crime attempted is in its very nature an attempt”). As an interesting aside, many, many appellate cases, published and unpublished, involve convictions for attempted assaults, and treat those convictions…
…sure that emojis are accurately reflected in transcripts, court orders, and appellate opinions, since many court systems are text-based and do not allow for the inclusion of images? Let’s about…
