North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

There is no established level of marijuana metabolites in the blood to show impairment, and evidence that defendant had smoked marijuana prior to her accident is insufficient to show she was actually impaired at the time of the accident. Nevertheless, ...

After defendant requested a limiting instruction on evidence of his prior weapons possession charge, the trial court correctly advised the jury it could only consider such evidence to establish knowledge and opportunity. We find no plain or prejudicial error in ...

  Where the indictment accusing defendant of murder alleged that, in violation of G.S. § 14-17, he did “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously … with malice aforethought kill and murder Todd Beyer,” the indictment complied with the short-form indictment requirements of ...

RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and other opponents of legislative Republicans filed a flurry of late-hour lawsuits Aug. 6 to block referendums on constitutional amendments and to let a Supreme Court candidate disclose his party affiliation on ballots. ...

Tagged with: Anita Earls Chris Anglin constitutional amendments General Assembly Gov. Roy Cooper judicial vacancies Justice Barbara Jackson lawsuits North Carolina Supreme Court

SANFORD (AP) One of the men convicted of killing basketball star Michael Jordan’s father 25 years ago has a new attorney to pursue his claims that he didn’t shoot James Jordan. WRAL-TV reports attorney Chris Mumma will represent Daniel Green, who appeared Aug. ...

Tagged with: attorney Lee County Michael Jordan North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence Robeson County

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A defendant initially sentenced to six life terms for non-homicide offenses received a partial pardon from Virginia’s then-governor. The pardon mooted the defendant’s constitutional challenge to his initial sentence, and the district court erred in ruling on it. Background sAt ...

Defendant violated his probation in three ways, only one of which was a proper basis for revocation. Although the trial court mistakenly checked a form box saying each violation was a sufficient basis for revocation, the court also (1) properly ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s highest court is taking up a case that could force new competition on the state’s electricity monopolies. The state Supreme Court on April 17 will consider the Utilities Commission’s decision to fine clean-energy advocacy group NC WARN ...

Tagged with: Duke Energy electricity monopoly NC Utilities Commission Raleigh solar energy Supreme Court of North Carolina

A black man who was severely beaten on the day of a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and then charged with misdemeanor assault in the same incident was found not guilty March 16. A Charlottesville judge acquitted 20-year-old ...

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