A verdict that was appealed and overturned twice before ultimately being reinstated by the North Carolina Supreme Court has resulted in the clarification of case law regarding negligent hiring, supervision or retention.  From 2012 to 2016, Thomas and Teresa Keith, ...

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We affirm the Court of Appeals’ decision (Although defendant and his companions were all wearing dark clothing, and although police found head and face coverings, gloves and weapons inside their Jeep, it was up to the jury to decide whether ...

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State v. Hendricksen (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-007-18, 14 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (Kendra Hill, J.) N.C. App. Holding: During his armed robbery of a Johnston County convenience store, defendant stole $1,900 in cash and ...

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  State v. Messer (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-309-17, 25 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (Thomas Lock, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though one element of the armed robbery charge was supported only by defendant’s ...

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U.S. v. Burns-Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-158-17, 11 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 16-4338, July 18, 2017; USDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Whitney, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The North Carolina statutory offense of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, in violation of ...

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State v. Little (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-121-17, 17 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) (Wanda Bryant, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (L. Todd Burke, J.) N.C. App. Holding: When defendant was trying ...

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Regis Wright stood accused of robbing four convenience store clerks while brandishing a pistol. According to the court, he walked into the stores — weapon in hand — and demanded money. Donning ski masks and other face coverings, Wright ordered ...

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State v. Clevinger (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-309-16, 20 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Forsyth County Superior Court (Susan Bray, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The remarks of a police detective during defendant’s interrogation were not relevant for purposes of placing ...

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State v. Martin (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-211-16, 11 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Forsyth County Superior Court (Michael Duncan, J.) N.C. App. Holding: During the prosecutor’s closing argument, the trial court should have sustained defendant’s objections to the prosecutor’s ...

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As lawyers, you’ve all had ungrateful clients. Clients who didn’t appreciate your efforts, didn’t listen to your advice, and so on. But no client, perhaps, has been more ungrateful and downright rude than Ricky Hand, 46, of Springfield, Ohio. According ...

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