…all. Cf. State v. Brown, 339 N.C. 426 (1994) (noting that the defendant “held strong opinions about trial strategy, jury instructions, and the examination of witnesses” and holding that it…
…quite a few federal court opinions in this area, generally involving challenges to supervised release conditions. (Not many defendants in the federal system get probation, but most receive lengthy terms…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on September 1, 2020. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a mistrial and issuing…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on April 2, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on July 5, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…opinions have indicated that it is the defendant’s burden to claim the sight or odor of cannabis is from legal hemp. See, e.g., Springs Slip op. at 14 (“Defendant made…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on August 4, 2020. (1) Trial court did not commit plain error in instructing the jury regarding…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on December 29, 2022. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
The last round of opinions from the court of appeals included three related to satellite-based monitoring (SBM) of sex offenders. None of them broke any major new ground, but two…
…regarding the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 1346, the federal “honest services” fraud statute. The opinions in the lead case, United States v. Skilling, total well over 100 pages, so…