…Raleigh, not Washington — got some attention in the Greensboro News and Record this week. This article states that the court issued full opinions in just 20 cases in 2011,…
…practice” a pillar of the Court’s analysis, albeit a history Justice Barrett finds disposable. Samia, 2023 WL 4139001, at *6. This post summarizes opinions issued by the United States Supreme…
…incompetent and prejudicial matter, either by injecting his own opinions and beliefs or by insinuating facts unsupported by evidence. See State v. Rodriguez, 371 N.C. 295, 316, 814 S.E.2d 11,…
…be calendared, i.e., whether North Carolina, or any specific prosecutorial district, is at the right point on the spectrum. (Of course, individual faculty members may have opinions on this issue.)…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 18, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…1033 (2000). There are only a handful of post-Carpenter opinions addressing whether utilizing a pole-mounted camera to monitor a person’s movements is a Fourth Amendment search. In all but one…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on October 18, 2022. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…dismiss may resolve factual elements of the offense charged, thereby constituting an acquittal for Double Jeopardy purposes. Yesterday, the Court of Appeals issued two opinions ruling on the constitutionality and…
This post summarizes criminal law and related opinions decided during August 2020 by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Claim of malicious prosecution for offense of blocking sidewalk could proceed;…
As the North State Journal reports, the General Assembly recently passed a bill that repeals North Carolina’s pistol purchase permit law. Opinions on the bill are divided and it remains…
