…Hennis was sentenced to death. Samuel Cooper’s jury is considering his fate today. Ruffin Poole’s trial is scheduled to start in early May. And the state supreme court issued opinions…
This post summarizes published criminal opinions of the Court of Appeals decided on July 7, 2020. (1) Accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice are distinct offenses and evidence…
The court of appeals issued three opinions on Tuesday involving satellite-based monitoring (SBM) of sex offenders. In all three, offenders challenged trial court determinations that they had to enroll in…
…Chapter 15A, no statute requires the suppression of evidence obtained in violation of Chapter 20, which contains the provisions governing implied consent. Nevertheless, in opinions spanning four decades, North Carolina’s…
…that the School of Government is institutionally neutral on the death penalty as a matter of public policy, though of course individual faculty members may have opinions on the issue….
…denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress, and vacated the judgement entered against the defendant based on his guilty pleas. Judges Carpenter and Griffin concurred with separate opinions, each agreeing…
…as long as the contempt continues.” In approving the use of a fine against Berry, the Court of Appeals quoted several earlier appellate opinions — Jolly v. Wright, 300 N.C….
The court of appeals issued several opinions yesterday. Among the most interesting is State v. Hopper, a case that addresses when an officer’s mistaken beliefs can support an investigative stop….
…at trial, making appellate review unnecessary. We don’t have data on this question; however, the many North Carolina appellate opinions holding that the trial court did not err in rejecting…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on February 21, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
