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Purple Paint and Trespass

November 19, 2018 Jeff Welty

…paint. See Hefley v. State, 2013 WL 5576360 (Tex. Ct. App. Texarkana Oct. 9, 2013) (unpublished) (finding that even if the trespass notice given to the defendant may have been…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Uncategorized Tags hunting, paint, purple, tree, trespass 9 Comments

What Not to Wear . . . If You’re a Juror

June 16, 2014 Jeff Welty

…205 N.C. App. 321 (2010) (unpublished), a superior court judge deferred from jury service all prospective jurors wearing shorts or tank tops. The court of appeals ruled that this was…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags attire, dress code, jurors, what not to wear 5 Comments
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Go Ahead, Test Me

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Shea Denning

…July 5, 2005) (unpublished op.) (concluding in federal civil rights suit that even if the police officer violated state law by not affording the suspect a breath test before she…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Evidence, Motor Vehicles, Procedure Tags DWI, implied consent, pre-arrest testing 8 Comments

Fourth Circuit Rules that the First Amendment May Protect a Vehicle Occupant’s Right to Livestream a Traffic Stop

February 27, 2023 Jeff Welty

…2021 WL 2907883 (E.D.N.C. July 9, 2021) (unpublished), dismissed the official capacity claims. The most significant portion of the order concluded that “Sharpe’s claim fails because the alleged policy survives…

Categories Uncategorized Tags first amendment, fourth circuit, livestreaming, recording, sharpe, winterville

Hearsay at Probation Violation Hearings

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 Jamie Markham

…and revoked. The defendant appealed. In an unpublished opinion the court of appeals reversed, holding that the trial court erred when it revoked probation based solely on the probation officer’s…

Categories Sentencing, Uncategorized Tags hearsay, Murchison, probation, probation violations, Sentencing 4 Comments
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Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (July 20, 2021)

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Jonathan Holbrook

…v. Oglesby, 174 N.C. App. 658, (2005), aff’d in part, vacated in part, 361 N.C. 550 (2007) and State v. Oglesby, 186 N.C. App. 681 (2007) (unpublished), disc. review denied,…

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Court of Appeals Holds that State Constitution Prohibits Substitution of Alternate Jurors After Deliberations Begin

May 30, 2025March 14, 2024 Shea Denning

…it is unclear whether it stays the precedential effect of the opinion in the lower courts. See State v. Tucker, No. COA18-1295-2, 272 N.C. App. 223 (2020) (unpublished) (noting the…

Categories Procedure Tags 100.40, alternate jurors, G.S. 15A-1215, jury, nc constitution, State v. Bunning, State v. Chambers, temporary stay

Expert Discovery

August 10, 2011 Jeff Welty

…2010) (unpublished) (state’s disclosure of expert witnesses during jury selection was untimely, but two-day continuance to allow defendant to prepare was sufficient remedy). The second issue that arises frequently with…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags discovery, expert testimony, expert witnesses 1 Comment

Video Surveillance Cameras

December 12, 2013 Jeff Welty

…conduct video surveillance of an unobstructed curtilage”) United States v. Anderson-Bagshaw, 2012 WL 6600331 (6th Cir. Dec. 19, 2012) (unpublished) (investigation of defendant’s fraudulent disability claim included the installation of…

Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags fourth amendment, jones, search, Search and Seizure, supreme court, video surveillance cameras 7 Comments

Another Jail Credit Issue: The Charge that Culminated in the Sentence

December 17, 2013 Jamie Markham

…charge, or banked for some future charge. That is true even if the charges are transactionally related. In State v. Floyd, 173 N.C. App. 234 (2005) (unpublished), for example, the…

Categories Sentencing, Uncategorized Tags jail credit 4 Comments
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