There was a lot of action at the United States Supreme Court this week. The new Term opened with Heien v. North Carolina, the burned-out brake light case where the…
…an open container of alcoholic beverage, but left out several elements, was legally sufficient to invoke the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction. The citation. The citation in Jones alleged that…
…jury acquitted him of speeding but convicted him of the open container violation. He appealed again to the appellate division, arguing that the charging language for the open container charge…
…incident to DWI arrests, and that he found relevant evidence such as open containers of alcohol in “[a]t least fifty percent of these cases.” The trial court denied the motion,…
The Sixth Amendment provides that a person accused of a crime “shall enjoy a public trial.” This right is grounded in the belief that judges and prosecutors will carry out…
…court said in State v. Coleman, 227 N.C. App. 354 (2013). In that case, officers searched the defendant’s car after he admitted, during a traffic stop, that he was carrying…
…jumping into the absurd with both feet, this story covers the exploits of Finnish lawyer Taisto Miettinen, who, “with Kristiina Haapanen on his back, won the World Wife Carrying Championships…
…an appeal from a court of appeals decision that directly involves a substantial constitutional question. Appellate judges authorized to carry concealed weapons in court. Section 16.33 of H 259 amends…
…helmet. G.S. 20-140.4(a)(2). Further, a motorcycle can’t carry more than “the number of persons which it was designed to carry.” G.S. 20-140.4(a)(1). Neither the statute nor the cases interpreting it…
…weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a firearm on an officer, and carrying a concealed gun, arguing abuse of discretion in finding him competent to stand…
