North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

After lay witnesses identified defendant as the person appearing in several surveillance videos at the places and times the victim’s debit card was used, defense counsel finally objected to yet another such lay identification. Outside the presence of the jury, ...

While he was kidnapping the victim in a speeding car, defendant choked her, struck her on the head, used his arm to prevent her from exiting the car, and threatened, “You’re going to die today” as he sped towards an ...

Before defendant lodged any objection, (1) a laboratory report as to the composition of the substance seized from defendant’s vehicle was published to the jury; (2) an analytical chemist testified that the sample he tested was “definitely marijuana”; and (3) ...

Because defendant presented competent evidence of self-defense, the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on defendant’s right to stand his ground. Defendant was found not guilty of all charges involving an intent to kill but was found ...

In an Anders brief, defense counsel raised four potential issues for our review; however, none of those arguments embraces any of the limited issues for which defendant has an appeal of right following his guilty plea. In any event, based ...

Defendant was tried for malicious conduct by a prisoner and possession of cocaine; he was convicted of malicious conduct, but the jury could not reach a verdict on the cocaine possession charge. After another trial, a different jury convicted defendant ...

The trial court informed visitors in the gallery they were welcome to stay, but the trial court did not want individuals coming in and out of the courtroom during closing arguments when there was a calendar call in the adjacent ...

After DNA testimony during defendant’s trial, an alternate juror sent the trial judge a note, relaying that Juror 11 had remarked to other jurors, “If we had that testimony/technology on OJ Simpson things would’ve been different.” Upon receipt of the ...

Even though defendant twice waived his right to counsel in writing, the trial court was still required to conduct the thorough inquiry mandated by G.S. § 15A-1242. The trial court’s two questions—whether defendant planned to hire private counsel or represent ...

After withdrawing from representation of the defendant in this alienation of affections/criminal conversation lawsuit, attorney Amy Simpson joined Sodoma Law, P.C., the same firm at which plaintiff’s counsel works. Because Simpson was promptly screened from the case, never shared any ...