Grave robbing has been a tempting crime for millennia—the victim is in no shape to defend himself, and would seem to have no further use for worldly possessions. Egyptian pyramids were specifically engineered to guard against it, but modern-day ...
Tagged with: Identity Theft
Read More »Attorney: Frank W. Erwin Location: Formerly of Jacksonville (now in Fort Myers, Florida) Bar membership: Member since 1977 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for 18 months on Jan. 8. He shall not be reinstated prior to the ...
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A Guilford County district court judge who publicly sounded off in the local media about misconduct allegations leveled against him has now been sent off, having agreed to resign from the bench following a lengthy investigation into those multiple ...
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A years-long effort to prosecute a Henderson County man accused of trying to beat his wife to death may have reached its end. The North Carolina Court of Appeals instructed the trial court to dismiss all of the remaining charges, ...
Tagged with: Double Jeopardy
Read More »Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Erin Hucks to serve as district court judge for District 20D in Union County, the governor’s office announced on Dec. 20. Hucks will fill the seat vacated by William “Tripp” Helms, who now serves as ...
Read More »North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley kicked off 2020 with a bang, posting a tweet teasing that a long-awaited move to open the court’s proceedings to a wider audience may finally be imminent. “Our elves were hard at ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
