Case Summaries – North Carolina Court of Appeals (July 7, 2020)
This post summarizes published criminal opinions of the Court of Appeals decided on July 7, 2020. (1) Accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice are distinct offenses and evidence supported...
View ArticleCase Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Feb. 16, 2021)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on February 16, 2021. Gabrielle Supak and Shea Denning prepared these summaries. As always, they will...
View ArticleCase Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (Mar. 2, 2021)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on March 2, 2021. As always, they will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and...
View ArticleCase Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (April 20, 2021)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions released by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on April 20, 2021. State’s right of direct appeal from the grant of a motion for appropriate relief is...
View ArticleCase Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (June 1, 2021)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 1, 2021. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and...
View ArticleCase Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Oct. 19, 2021)
This post summarizes criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals published on October 19, 2021. Summaries will also be posted to Smith’s Case Compendium, here. Improper remarks to the...
View ArticleCase Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Jan. 18, 2022)
This post summarizes criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals published on January 18, 2022. Summaries will also be posted to Smith’s Case Compendium, here. (1) Sufficient evidence...
View ArticleCase Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (June 7, 2022)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 7, 2022. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and...
View ArticleMust a Vehicle Be Located in a PVA to Be Searched Without a Warrant?
In State v. Parker, __ N.C. App. __, __ S.E.2d __, 2022 WL 4850255 (Oct. 4, 2022), the Court of Appeals considered the warrantless search of a vehicle that took place at a gas station. The court upheld...
View Article“Here Is Your Stuff Back, Man”: When Returning a Driver’s License and...
Consider a fact pattern that takes place every day, all across the country: a police officer stops a motorist for a traffic infraction, runs the motorist’s license through a computer database and finds...
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