…of a firearm by a felon and carrying a concealed weapon, Leak filed a motion to suppress, claiming that he was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The trial…
…reversal drug Naloxone thanks to grant funding through the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. The department now has enough supply of Naloxone nasal spray for every sworn officer to carry…
…then deprived her of food and punched her in the stomach repeatedly, causing her to miscarry. As Sentencing Law and Policy explains here, Ohio’s murder statute encompasses causing “the death…
…the State when they carry out searches related to school discipline. Id. at 336-37. Do school officials need a warrant? No. The United States Supreme Court recognized decades ago that…
…a cold January night in Charlotte. Two officers were on routine patrol when one received a tip from a “known informant” that a person was carrying an illegal gun on…
…Sheehan, 735 F.3d 153 (4th Cir. 2013) (explaining that an officer does not “possess the unfettered authority to shoot a member of the public simply because that person is carrying…
…Carolina Supreme Court began by noting that prosecution of criminal offenses is the sole and exclusive authority of the duly elected district attorneys of the state, who must carry out…
…Recordings from body-worn cameras, dashboard 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). That means the public…
…be difficult and will certainly be intrusive. Most people don’t carry their birth certificates around, nor would an officer normally have any authority to require a person to present his…
…intent to punish certain offenses at a certain level, but that if the same conduct was punishable under a different statute carrying a higher penalty, defendant could only be sentenced…
