…summaries will be posted here on the blog, and also sent out to the criminal law listserv. This post provides summaries of the North Carolina Court of Appeals opinions published…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on September 6, 2022. This summary will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…reliability and accuracy of the expert opinions. In the words of the court: Because the Daubert analysis is not intended to serve as a replacement for the adversary system, ….
This post summarizes published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 21, 2022. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free…
…statutory warnings. The district court judge denied the motion, and the court of appeals and the state supreme court affirmed in divided opinions. In the appellate courts, the key issue…
…ethics opinions clarify and amplify the rule. Victims may agree to support dismissal or a favorable plea agreement, but may not agree to refuse to testify or to withhold evidence….
…determine whether the proffered evidence is admissible. Legal standards are helpful . . . but how is Rule 404(b) applied? Several recent opinions from the court of appeals illustrate how…
…unreleased evidence and expressed her personal views about the case, as well as her opinions on issues related to firearms and the potential culpability of other parties. The prosecutor has…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on November 7, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…beyond a defendant’s formal supervision period, was deemed nonpunitive in Bare and Anderson. Original Post: In the past month or so our appellate courts have issued several opinions related to…