North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The case of a man serving a life sentence for murder is being reexamined after the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission decided there was enough evidence to potentially exonerate him. As a result, the commission voted unanimously to refer his ...

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Over half of the courtrooms in North Carolina now offer wireless internet access, with sights set on all courts in the state have the capability by the end of the first quarter in 2019, according to a news release. The ...

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Judge Christy Wilhelm has been appointed the chief district court judge of Judicial District 19A by North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin, according to a news release. Wilhelm will take over Jan. 1, 2019, when current Chief District ...

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North Carolina authorities have arrested two people in connection to the fatal shooting of a teenager. News outlets report a 17-year-old boy was arrested Sunday and charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Tyjuan Jaquar Gibson. Twenty-year-old Joseph ...

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tSenate Republicans are working to soon fill the nation’s longest judicial vacancy with a North Carolina lawyer whose nomination has raised objections from black lawmakers and civil rights groups concerned about his work defending state laws found to have discriminated ...

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North Carolina state troopers have accused a man of driving at more than 100 mph (44 km/h) while under the influence of methamphetamine with two children inside the car. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports a North Carolina Highway ...

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A man serving a life sentence for killing a North Carolina college student has earned the chance to ask a judicial panel to set him free after a special state commission found evidence of his innocence, the state announced Monday. ...

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The former headmaster of a private Christian school founded by novelist Nicholas Sparks can continue to sue the school, the author and the foundation Sparks created to support the school, a federal judge said. U.S. District Judge James Dever III ...

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A dominant North Carolina hospital system has agreed to halt insurance practices that hindered patients from finding better health care deals, prosecutors said Thursday. The U.S. Justice Department announced that Atrium Health agreed to a settlement that prohibits the Charlotte-based ...

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Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional and asking a federal judge to remove him. The suit, filed by Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Sheldon ...

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