…and corrections. I get lots of questions about how sentences are administered and how probation officers carry out their work. I am confident that my understanding of those issues will…
…he was carrying drugs, which the officer found after obtaining consent to search the defendant’s car. Prior to his trial on drug charges, the defendant moved to suppress, arguing that…
…with infractions under G.S. 20-63(g) in 2014. Failure to sign registration card. The next time you get in your car, open your glove box, and pull out your registration. Is…
…that the restrictions prevented council members from carrying out their duties, the court summarily denied the motion after noting that council members had not “bothered to watch” the video. The…
…as a class I felony carrying 2 record level points if the defendant is convicted of a subsequent felony offense. The same analysis likely does not apply in the habitual…
…is transitioning from an appointment system to a first-come first -served system for fingerprinting people for pistol purchase and concealed carry permits. The move comes after a superior court judge…
…to carrying out the attack. As is often the case in the mass shootings that are now common in America, stories of bravery and heart wrenching loss are emerging from…
…the fatally defective indictment. Regarding defendant’s recordation argument, the court pointed to State v. Blakeney, 352 N.C. 287 (2000), to draw the distinction between recording statements in open court and…
…that [the defendant] was a felon in possession through constructive possession [based on] the handgun [his girlfriend] testified to carrying in her purse at [the defendant’s] behest.”); State v. Jones,…
…carry out when the defendant resisted or obstructed him. The Court of Appeals rejected that argument as well, pointing out that Count II alleged the defendant’s particular conduct (e.g., “refusing…