…accept the proposition that cell phone users volunteer to convey their location information simply by choosing to activate and use their cell phones and to carry the devices on their…
…my mostly comfortable time in the Air Force clearly should not carry the same weight as Mr. Porter’s wartime sacrifice. Judges inevitably do some line drawing about what credit a…
…and is therefore subject to the “competency limitation” described in Edwards. The trial court must make findings of fact to support its determination that the defendant is “unable to carry…
…(November 6, 2012) (unpublished) (defendant stopped based on DMV insurance stop and arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and felony drug crime); State v. Osterhoudt, ___ N.C. App. ___; 731…
…My understanding is that the credit will only carry forward, not backward. Therefore, a good rule of thumb is to be sure that shared jail credit gets applied to the…
…a firearm cannot possess or carry one until they are approved—a process that can take thirty days. And the law’s waiting period could well be the critical time in which…
…___ N.C. App. ___ (April 16, 2024). In this Guilford County case, defendant appealed after his guilty pleas to possession of a firearm by a felon and carrying a concealed…
…defined as engaging in a sexual act (cunnilingus, analingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or the insertion of any object into another’s genital or anal opening) with a child under 13 by…
…in North Carolina, including restorative justice programs, graduated responses to probation violations, and open-file discovery. The reports discussed in this post outline the perspective of many advocates for reform and…
…his wife and gives him details on how to carry out the crime, including his wife’s morning schedule. The defendant is arrested shortly after the meeting. Has the defendant committed…