This post summarizes one published criminal opinion from the Supreme Court of North Carolina released on April 28, 2023, and three published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of…
…standard can be met. The Rule is the Rule is the Rule…Right? The case reporters are replete with opinions reversing convictions for an indictment’s failure to allege a necessary element…
…should be allowed to vote again.” CNN followed up with this on-line poll seeking readers’ opinions as to whether convicted felons should be allowed to vote. More than half of…
…there have been North Carolina appellate court opinions involving the custody issue when defendants were voluntarily in a hospital for medical treatment or confined in a correctional facility, I believe…
…dissenting opinions by the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court in Atwell. The Supreme Court, in State v. Simpkins, 373 N.C. 530 (2020), provided guidelines to finding of forfeiture. The…
The state supreme court issued a batch of opinions last Friday, and while several of them are notable, the one that has received the most attention is Britt v. North…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the Supreme Court of North Carolina released on November 4, 2022. This summary will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…Burkes positively identified the body as that of [the victim].” Thus, it appears that Butts did not testify to an independent opinion on either point, but rather simply recounted opinions…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on July 18, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
