…information.” Further reading. Both the majority and the dissenting opinions are detailed and thoughtful and are worth a read. Further context on this issue is available in my book. Further…
This post provides summaries of the opinions of the North Carolina Court of Appeals published on August 20, 2019. Order imposing lifetime satellite-based monitoring was not supported by evidence of…
The Court of Appeals released several criminal law opinions yesterday. One that caught my eye was State v. Merrell, __ N.C. App. __ (2011). In a nutshell, the defendant was…
…as far as I can tell, there aren’t any published appellate opinions directly addressing drones. There are, of course, many cases involving law enforcement helicopters, most of which find no…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the Supreme Court of North Carolina released on August 19, 2022. This summary will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on August 15, 2023. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a…
…or client. Ethics Opinions from the North Carolina State Bar Two decades ago, the North Carolina State Bar addressed the impact of the reporting law on confidential information obtained by…
…of considerable case law from our state’s appellate courts, including two recent opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The rules. G.S. 15A-928 sets forth the procedures the prosecutor…
…use a New Jersey conviction to support a habitual felon charge. The court of appeals’ previous opinions in the habitual felon context haven’t been clear about what sort of certification…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on November 19, 2019. Trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained…