North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  North Carolina courts have previously allowed a lender to step into the shoes of a prior lienholder when the lender’s funds were advanced to pay off the borrower’s debt. As a matter of first impression, the court expands such ...

The following lawyers have met all of the certification requirements and were certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization on Nov. 20, according to the board’s website. Results for bankruptcy certifications will be available in the ...

Judge Sarah Seaton has been appointed by Chief Justice Cheri Beasley as chief district court judge for Judicial District 4, which covers Duplin, Jones, Onslow, and Sampson counties. Seaton will succeed current Chief District Court Judge Paul Hardison upon his ...

The court declines to follow an unpublished opinion that found the prosecutor’s and a prosecution expert’s use of the words “disclose” and “disclosure” amounted to impermissible vouching for a child-victim. We find no plain error in defendant’s conviction of two ...

Defendant was placed on probation pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement. After defendant’s probation officer reported a probation violation, defendant’s probation was revoked, leaving the state free to pursue prosecution. Since there is no final judgment in this case, defendant ...

  Defendant was charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury under G.S. § 14-32.4(a), and the trial court instructed the jury only on a portion of the statute, requiring the jury to convict if they found a serious bodily injury ...

In granting the defendant-father’s motion to modify custody, the trial court made 30 findings as to the children’s schools, doctors and extracurricular activities; the parties’ disparate work schedules; and the relative support groups of family and friends each party had ...

Where a defendant found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm under the Armed Career Criminal Act, or ACCA, had his sentenced reduced because of a 2015 Supreme Court decision, the reduction was in error because his ...

Where the defendant made a series of online threats against police officers generally, as well as threats that he was on a “manhunt” for three particular officers, the search warrant was adequately supported. And where he failed to establish that ...

Two Baltimore police officers charged with robbing citizens during the course of their police work and committing fraud in obtaining overtime pay were unsuccessful in arguing that the evidence was insufficient to hold them liable for racketeering and conspiracy and ...