…would come before a court for review. Does that open the door to reconsidering the practice regarding felonies? At least one of my colleagues thinks that it should. I have…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump nominated Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Widely viewed as having a similar ideological mold as the…
…have sufficient staff to serve only appointments, or that otherwise are unable to maintain normal operations due to the pandemic; Expand service hours at Driver License Offices that remain open;…
…analysis of the defendant’s blood and the alcohol concentration results memorialized in another analyst’s report. Id. What remained an open question. Until Smith, the Supreme Court had not yet decided…
…possible sentence and opened the plea up to a challenge? Since my prior post didn’t address this issue, I’ll do that now. G.S. 15A-1022(a)(6) provides that when taking a plea,…
…both cases, the experts appeared to merely be repeating opinions formed by non-testifying analysts. In light of this, I suggested that the door may still be open to testimony by…
…of Harris and Harvey, the Ventris decision is not surprising, but it settles an open question, one that had become more important in light of the Court’s recent expansion of…
…says that presidents typically are advised not to comment on pending criminal cases because doing so opens the door to arguments that the defendant will not receive a fair trial,…
…wounds to his right arm according to reports. Also on Tuesday, the FBI announced that it had opened a civil rights investigation into the incident. On Wednesday, pursuant to a…
