State v. Bryant (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-1053, 15 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court (Kevin Bridges, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Defendant argues that the term “apartment” (used in the indictment against him) is not synonymous with ...

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Lawson v. Lawson (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0563, 23 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Forsyth County Superior Court (R. Stuart Albright & William Wood Jr., JJ.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Since law enforcement officers had a valid warrant for plaintiff ...

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RALEIGH — One suspect has been arrested and another is being sought on an assault charges in the shooting at a North Carolina courthouse that wounded two men. A Nashville police news release said 36-year-old Demond Levar Morris of Rocky ...

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Beeson v. Palombo Police Captain McKenzie informed a magistrate that the plaintiff-teacher had “touched [the] breast area” of two minor female students even after at least one of the students had covered herself with her arms and asked plaintiff not to touch her. This is certainly enough for a reasonable person to conclude that an offense had been committed and that plaintiff was the perpetrator. This finding of probable cause is not affected by defendant McKenzie’s failure to inform the magistrate that the minors and their parents may not have considered the matter criminal or that someone from the district attorney’s office thought there was not enough evidence to proceed with criminal charges.

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