This post summarizes an opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 2020, and opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on…
…don’t know. In any event, today’s batch of opinions from the court of appeals includes another intriguing Pitt County DWI, State v. Osterhoudt. The facts of the case are pretty…
…produced three separate opinions. I’ll save my thoughts about it for after we hear from the Supreme Court of North Carolina. But there’s an argument in Rooks that is worth…
…is referenced in almost 100 opinions of our appellate courts, so he leaves quite a legacy. 3. Arizona’s new immigration law continues to be front-page material. The Los Angeles Times…
…least (Ginsburg and Alito); the bimodal distribution of opinions (lots of 9-0 cases and 5-4 cases, not much in between); and the Justice who is most often in the majority…
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on June 2, 2020. By failing to move to strike testimony that had been the subject of pretrial…
…continue cranking out opinions — including a batch yesterday from the Court of Appeals, several of which will be highlighted in future blog posts — the United States Supreme Court…
…by another person – normally relied upon by experts in your field to formulate opinions about the identity of a substance? Did the data obtained provide you with enough information…
…opinions on the issue. A good collection of authority is contained in United States v. Gutierrez-Casada, 553 F.Supp.2d 1259 (D. Kan. 2008) (concluding that “a previously deported, aggravated felonious illegal…
It seems like every batch of new opinions from the court of appeals includes at least one case on satellite-based monitoring (SBM) of sex offenders. Yesterday’s batch had two. State…
