…The problem, of course, is that thousands of probationers are not subject to the statutory absconding condition. As discussed in the opening paragraph above, that new condition only applies to…
…routine traffic stop on the defendant’s truck. The defendant appeared nervous and there was an open beer can in the vehicle, so the officer asked for consent to search. The…
…a prosecutor to dismiss criminal charges by entering an oral dismissal in open court before or during the trial or by filing a written dismissal with the clerk at any…
…fears losing control of his car and decides to defend himself with his (lawfully possessed) pistol. He aims through his open window at the other driver’s front tire and shoots,…
…Antonin Scalia in the late 1990’s. Prior to becoming a federal judge, Barrett spent 15 years as a law professor at Notre Dame. She noted in her opening statement that…
…incident. The Court of Appeals found no error. In November of 2020, defendant entered the backyard of a Wilmington home and attempted to open the door of a storage shed….
…and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109-248—the successor to the Jacob Wetterling Act. As I discussed in the prior post linked in the opening paragraph above, one portion of…
…Barack Obama. North Carolina Court of Appeals. Though court of appeals’ races likewise are (at least nominally) nonpartisan, with the two highest vote-getters in an open primary election appearing on…
…court to order felony deferred prosecution is conspicuous in its absence. To be clear, though, it is an open question; I’m not aware of any appellate cases on point. Conditional…
…found no plain error, as “[s]urveillance of areas open to view of the public without any invasion of the property itself is not alone a violation” of the Fourth Amendment,…
