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Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (July 2, 2025)

August 1, 2025July 7, 2025 Joseph L. Hyde

…that police did not have probable cause to believe the vehicle was carrying marijuana rather than legal hemp or any other controlled substance that would justify a warrantless search of…

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Does the Trespass Theory of the Fourth Amendment Limit the Scope of Knock and Talks?

December 3, 2013 Jeff Welty

…and a suspect, it does not carry great weight as “it is not unusual for the police in their investigative efforts to have late night encounters with individuals”). However, Jardines…

Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags fourth amendment, jardines, jones, knock and talk, search, Search and Seizure, trespass 21 Comments
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Bail Bondsmen Are Not Above the Law

June 12, 2014 Shea Denning

…bondsmen may not, for example, carry guns on school property, even in the process of chasing an armed and fleeing principal. State v. Haskins, 160 N.C. App. 349, 356 (2003)….

Categories Motor Vehicles, Procedure, Uncategorized Tags bail, Bondsmen, motor vehicles, speeding 7 Comments
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Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Apr. 6, 2021)

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Jonathan Holbrook

…in concert when they opened fire on the occupied vehicle. Although the passenger in the vehicle survived, the court held that the evidence was likewise sufficient to find that the…

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A Quarter-Century of Structured Sentencing

October 2, 2019October 1, 2019 Jamie Markham

…ought to go to prison and how much time is enough, fans of good government can applaud a system that gives stakeholders accurate information about the resources needed to carry…

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Public Service or Obstruction of Justice?

June 19, 2014 Shea Denning

…Ct. App. 1997) (juvenile’s pedaling of his bicycle in front of storefront where police were carrying out undercover drug buy while yelling “cops, cops . . . . watch out,…

Categories Crimes and Elements, Motor Vehicles Tags checkpoints, Resist delay obstruct, roadblocks 8 Comments

When Can the Police Seize a Cell Phone Incident to Arrest, and How Long Can They Keep It?

March 17, 2025 Jeff Welty

…to seize an item that is uncovered during a search incident to arrest (beyond any temporary seizure necessary to carry out the search). At a minimum, if it is immediately…

Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags asinor, cell phones, fourth amendment, riley, Search and Seizure, search incident to arrest 8 Comments

Ruse Checkpoints

June 1, 2011 Jeff Welty

…that a disproportionate number of those vehicles will be carrying drugs and trying to evade what they think is an upcoming narcotics checkpoint. Officers won’t stop a vehicle just for…

Categories Motor Vehicles, Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags checkpoints, decoy, ruse 2 Comments

Most Serious Offense for Consolidation Purposes

October 6, 2017December 18, 2014 Jamie Markham

…carrying a greater punishment.” Shea tackled what that means in this prior post, and on page 191 of her new book. This is my last post of the year. Happy…

Categories Sentencing, Uncategorized Tags consolidation, happy holidays, most serious offense 2 Comments

Probation Officers’ Use of Naloxone and the Good Samaritan Law

October 12, 2017 Jamie Markham

…policy, North Carolina probation officers are carrying Naloxone kits to respond to probationers and others experiencing a drug overdose. The policy raises questions, including some related to the limited immunity…

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