…If an officer feels something through clothing and he suspects that the “something” is drugs, not a gun, he can’t pull out the something and open it to look for…
…prosecutors can make plea offers in open court at an administrative setting, as is apparently done in at least one North Carolina district. Or they can put the status of…
…to order a 14-day split without at least a 56-day suspended sentence, and 45 days is the maximum for Class 1, Level II offender. It is an open question whether…
…summary (p. iv–v) that opens the report. There you can learn (among other things) that of the 28,000 felony convictions in North Carolina in Fiscal Year 2011/12: 44 percent were…
…caselaw, and pointing out the issues created by the Chambers holding, noting that “[t]he Chambers Court did not explain how or why a verdict delivered in open court by a…
…opening the door to ‘identification’ experts” for fear of “both sides [offering] expert testimony in every case involving identification issues”; the court noted that such testimony may sometimes be helpful…
…several free resources and is a useful overview of some services that we provide but that may not be widely known.] As today marks the opening day of the 150th…
…and that neither plain-view or Leon good-faith applied. “By failing to persist in our historical commitment to the particularity requirement in this context, I believe that the majority further opens…
…distancing, capacity, and mass gathering restrictions by June 1. Courthouse personnel, charged with ensuring that courts remain open and that justice is administered without delay, were designated as frontline essential…
…other things, had a pediatrician examine the girl. The doctor found several vaginal abnormalities suggestive of abuse, but found that the girl’s anal opening was normal. At trial, the prosecutor…
