…summary (p. iv–v) that opens the report. There you can learn (among other things) that of the 28,000 felony convictions in North Carolina in Fiscal Year 2011/12: 44 percent were…
…caselaw, and pointing out the issues created by the Chambers holding, noting that “[t]he Chambers Court did not explain how or why a verdict delivered in open court by a…
…opening the door to ‘identification’ experts” for fear of “both sides [offering] expert testimony in every case involving identification issues”; the court noted that such testimony may sometimes be helpful…
…several free resources and is a useful overview of some services that we provide but that may not be widely known.] As today marks the opening day of the 150th…
…and that neither plain-view or Leon good-faith applied. “By failing to persist in our historical commitment to the particularity requirement in this context, I believe that the majority further opens…
…distancing, capacity, and mass gathering restrictions by June 1. Courthouse personnel, charged with ensuring that courts remain open and that justice is administered without delay, were designated as frontline essential…
…other things, had a pediatrician examine the girl. The doctor found several vaginal abnormalities suggestive of abuse, but found that the girl’s anal opening was normal. At trial, the prosecutor…
…opened the defendant’s cell phone and reviewed the call log. They noted a phone number in the call log was listed as “my house,” and used an online directory to…
…object” into another’s genital or anal opening. Id. The Green Court began by noting that the issue was one of first impression in North Carolina. It added however that decisions…
…and gave officers no further justification to search the rest of the house or to open safes. This argument was squarely rejected. The odor of marijuana provides probable cause to…
