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NC Supreme Court Holds that Media Entities May Seek Access to Law Enforcement Recordings by Filing a Petition

June 16, 2024June 13, 2024 Shea Denning

…cameras, and other devices used by law enforcement officers when carrying out law enforcement duties, are not public records. G.S. 132-1.4A(b). Thus, the public has no statutory right to access…

Categories Procedure Tags body cameras-worn camera, body-worn cameras, CLEAR, G.S. 132-1.4A, McClatchy

What’s a Vehicle?

October 12, 2017September 28, 2010 Jeff Welty

…a Segway? At first blush, it seems obvious that a Segway is both a vehicle and a motor vehicle. Certainly it can carry people or property upon a highway, so…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Motor Vehicles, Uncategorized Tags motor vehicle, segway, vehicle 7 Comments
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News Roundup

August 23, 2024 Brittany Bromell

…Once in the water, ocean currents and tides can carry the drugs to shore far away from their original drop points. Don’t eat the celery in California. In other drug-related…

Categories Uncategorized Tags criminal law news, news

Can the Police Shoot a Person Who Refuses to Drop a Knife?

July 18, 2022 Jeff Welty

…a car, while another woman, Hughes, emerged from a nearby home carrying a knife. Hughes walked towards Chadwick and stopped six feet from her. The officers were separated from both…

Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags Deadly Force, excessive force, kisela, knife, knives, section 1983
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2023 Criminal Legislative Summaries

December 5, 2023 Brittany Bromell

…enactments: increased punishment and amended pretrial proceedings for rioting and looting (S.L. 2023-6) repeal of pistol purchase permits and other changes to concealed carry laws (S.L. 2023-8) authorization for and…

Categories Uncategorized Tags 2023 legislation, criminal law and procedure, legislation, legislative summaries, motor vehicle laws
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Is “Justification” a Defense to Possession of a Firearm by a Person with a Felony Conviction?

August 2, 2016 John Rubin

…was not entitled to a jury instruction on justification because he was not under an imminent threat when he made the decision to carry the gun. See also State v….

Categories Uncategorized Tags deleveaux, felon in possession, firearms, justification, self-defense 3 Comments
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Caught on Camera

October 5, 2016 Shea Denning

…She then said Patterson was carrying the computer bag in the footage. Patterson objected, and was overruled. Post said she could tell that Patterson was in the video because she…

Categories Evidence Tags rule 701, state v patterson, state v. fleming, state v. snead Leave a comment

Summer 2025 Motor Vehicle Law Changes

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 Belal Elrahal

…the system may only be enforced as noncriminal violations and will not carry license or insurance points. The civil penalty assessed is $250, which must be paid or contested within…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Motor Vehicles, Procedure, Sentencing, Uncategorized Tags legislation, news, Sentencing
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Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Dec. 5, 2023)

December 12, 2023December 7, 2023 Alex Phipps

…resisting a public officer, and carrying a concealed weapon, arguing error in denying his motion to suppress because the order contained erroneous findings of fact and conclusions of law. The…

Categories Case Summaries Tags case summaries, N.C. Court of Appeals, North Carolina Court of Appeals

Constitutional Challenges to Federal Gun Laws

October 16, 2017January 20, 2011 Jeff Welty

…has been law abiding for an extended period must be allowed to carry guns again.” And in United States v. White, 593 F.3d 1199 (11th Cir. 2010), the Eleventh Circuit…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Uncategorized Tags chester, firearms, guns, Heller, second amendment, skoien 4 Comments
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