…email. The Fortune report has some interesting information about the sad state of the links in the Court’s opinions, and says that in 2014 nearly half the links were broken….
…adjusted, regression results show that none of the explanations for strikes frequently proffered by prosecutors or cited in published opinions, such as death penalty views, criminal backgrounds, or employment, diminish…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on May 19, 2020. A defendant who disagrees with the jail credit calculated by the trial court should…
…that the overstatement has since permeated judicial opinions and legislative policy. According to the article, some lower courts and legal commentators have noticed the issue and are criticizing the Court….
…was a particular drug? Court of appeals opinions filed in Ward’s wake answer some of these questions. In State v. Nabors, ___ N.C. App. __, 700 S.E.2d 153 (October 19,…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Supreme Court of North Carolina on August 14, 2020. (1) Since the defendant timely moved to dismiss and timely renewed his motion, he…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on January 16, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The jury deliberated for four days in a case that immediately generated sharply divided opinions on culpability and set off intense national debate over issues…
…out using the listserv, and we are also going to post them here on the blog. Summaries of North Carolina Court of Appeals opinions from June 18, 2019 are provided…
…limited exception mentioned above). The issue does not arise often in appellate court opinions. However, it was involved in the June 21, 2016, North Carolina Court Appeals case of State…
