This post provides summaries of the opinions of the North Carolina Court of Appeals published on August 20, 2019.
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Discharging a Firearm Into Occupied Property: If People Are on the Porch, It’s Occupied
G.S. 14-34.1 makes it a Class E felony to discharge a barreled weapon or firearm into occupied property. The offense is elevated to a Class D felony if the property is an occupied dwelling or occupied conveyance in operation, and to a Class C felony if the defendant causes serious bodily injury. Although the statute … Read more