…the conflict. Perhaps the Court will prefer to let the issue percolate more in the lower courts, but there are quite a few opinions on point already, and the Court…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on December 5, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…Circuit was slightly different than the issue that may be posed by G.S. 15A-266.3A. Still, the Pool opinions are detailed and thoughtful, collect a significant amount of relevant authority, and…
We now have a number of appellate opinions interpreting the defensive force statutes enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011. In State v. Kuhns, ___ N.C. App. ___…
…itself may give rise to reasonable suspicion of dangerousness, justifying a protective frisk. This is an interesting case, with the three opinions (court, concurrence, and dissent) articulately and forcefully expressing…
…2012. Keep reading for more news. Brooks. Earlier this summer the News Roundup noted that there were divided opinions in Roxboro in response to a police officer fatally shooting David…
This post summarizes published opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on November 3, 2020. (1) Presuming, without deciding, that defense counsel impliedly admitted in trial for…
…Muller and Greene explain that in addition to authoring pro-slavery court opinions, Ruffin owned slaves, was a partner in a slave trading operation, and wrote about an incident where he…
The court of appeals issued a batch of opinions yesterday. Among them is State v. Washburn, a drug dog case. An extremely compressed summary of Washburn is that an informant…
…crime against a household member, which strengthened the State’s position. Finally, staying with the Ninth Circuit theme, I enjoy reading opinions by that court’s Chief Judge, Alex Kozinski. He’s a…
