…judges are underpaid. Various opinions on the issue are available here, here, and here. Although I don’t have any special expertise in compensation issues, two points made by others in…
…happened again in State v. Elkins, released in the last batch of court of appeals opinions.) Could or should judges create checklists for the most common oversights? Likewise, are there…
The last batch of opinions from the court of appeals included a really interesting constructive possession case.The facts of State v. Slaughter, __ N.C. App. __ (2011), are as follows….
Because our appellate courts often find the Fourth Circuit’s opinions to be persuasive authority, I read all the Fourth Circuit’s published criminal cases. Yesterday, the court decided United States v….
…over gun control. Nevertheless, this recent CNN poll shows that most Americans’ opinions on that subject (which were pretty divided to start with) remain unchanged by recent events. Fifty percent…
The court of appeals released a new batch of opinions today. I may post on others eventually, but the one that jumped out at me immediately is State v. Brennan….
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on May 7, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…by juries composed predominantly of the retired and the unemployed. It would be an interesting proposition to test empirically, but short of that, I’d be interested in your anecdotal opinions….
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on March 7, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
North Carolina’s appellate courts have recently issued two important opinions on the use of drug dogs, and the United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in another drug dog case….
