…coined. Although the existing bobbleheads make noise — such as “reading” the relevant Justices’ famous opinions — I wonder if the Justice Thomas bobblehead will be silent. 4. The Associated…
…he or she has a weapon? There are a smattering of opinions from across the country pointing in different directions on different rationales. Compare, e.g., United States v. Holt, 264…
This post summarizes three opinions issued by the Supreme Court of North Carolina on November 1, 2019. (1) A mother’s failure to report that her husband sexually abused her daughter…
…witness opinion testimony that the white powder was cocaine. The detectives’ opinions were based on looking at the powder; they did not do any preliminary tests on it and they…
…Justices’ personalities. High points include how Justice Scalia gets his news, what he thinks of the devil, and which of his opinions he views as the most courageous. Back to…
…the orders authorizing the use of stingrays may be sealed, in some cases effectively permanently. I have thoughts and opinions about both of those issues, but this post is already…
I was catching up on the Fourth Circuit’s recent opinions this weekend when I came across United States v. Luck. It raises some interesting issues that are not specific to…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on October 3, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…will have to wait and see how future opinions address the contours of our weapon on educational property law. Given the weighty legal issues and important policy interests at stake,…
…to detain a person stopped for a traffic infraction beyond the time necessary to issue a warning citation, a proposition espoused by the state’s appellate courts in several earlier opinions,…