…open-file discovery. North Carolina has chosen a different path, revising its statutes over the years to require open-file discovery in all phases of criminal cases within the original jurisdiction of…
…left open the possibility that defendants placed on SBM for other reasons (such as commission of an aggravated offense) might be permissible. Reconsidering the instant case in light of Grady…
…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…
…Class 3 misdemeanor”). There are some relatively new limitations, discussed here, on which ordinances may carry misdemeanor penalties – and on the procedures a municipality must follow if it wants…
…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…
