…the newspaper or slip opinions from the appellate courts. But there are some aspects of unsupervised probation that are a little tricky, so I decided to write about them today….
…the page links to the criminal case compendium created by our colleague Jessica Smith, pattern jury instructions, opinions from North Carolina’s appellate courts, the North Carolina General Statutes, and other…
Two of last week’s opinions from the North Carolina Supreme Court address significant legal issues arising in impaired driving cases. In State v. Godwin, the supreme court reversed the court…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on April 4, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…appellate courts have adopted a very robust interpretation of the doctrine, and the opinions of those courts support the conclusions of the original post, and of course, the conclusions above….
…appellate opinions, we hold extortionate speech is criminal conduct in and of itself and, as such, is not constitutionally protected speech. Therefore, the First Amendment does not require that the…
I’m headed to High Point today to teach a session for magistrates on crimes related to sex offender registration. I’m glad I looked at the slip opinions from the court…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 4, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
The court of appeals issued a new batch of opinions today. They’re available in full here, and Jessie just sent summaries out to the listserv. (If you haven’t joined the…
…the latest in a series of opinions placing the substance of a pleading over its form. I have already mentioned State v. Brice, which, like Newborn, required the Court to…
