This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in February, 2020. Decisions of interest to state practitioners will be posted on a monthly basis. Previous summaries of Fourth Circuit criminal and related decisions can be found here.
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Case Summaries—Court of Appeals (2/18/2020)
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the School of Government from swift completion of their case summaries. This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on February 18, 2020. Everyone stay safe during this wintry weather.
Case Summaries — N.C. Court of Appeals (2/4/2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on February 4, 2020.
Case Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (1/21/2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on January 21, 2020.
Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Jan. 7, 2020)
This post summarizes published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided yesterday, Jan. 7, 2020.
Case Summaries – Court of Appeals (12/17/19)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on December 17, 2019.
These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free, searchable database of case annotations from 2008 to today.
Case Summaries—Court of Appeals (12/3/2019)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on December 3, 2019. Appeal of district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to enter judgment on PJC was not properly before Court of Appeals State v. Doss, ___ N.C. App. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (Dec. 3, 2019) In 1999, the defendant was found … Read more
Case Summaries — N.C. Court of Appeals (11/19/2019)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on November 19, 2019. Trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of the defendant’s purse when officer testified that the defendant voluntarily consented to the search, notwithstanding contradictory testimony from the defendant. State … Read more