A North Carolina appeals court threw out the threat conviction Tuesday of a man for social media comments strongly criticizing a local district attorney, saying they did not meet the legal definition of a “true threat.” Three state Court of ...

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A North Carolina appeals court is considering whether to void changes to the state constitution that voters approved last year because they were placed on the ballot by lawmakers elected in racially gerrymandered districts, lawyers said Thursday. The state Court ...

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North Carolina’s legislature has repealed a law that would have caused the state’s Court of Appeals to lose three of its 15 judges. Gov. Roy Cooper signed the bill, SB 75, into law Feb. 27, the same day that it ...

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The North Carolina Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would prevent the North Carolina Court of Appeals from losing three of its 15 seats, which is currently set to begin happening by March 31. Senate Bill 75 would strike ...

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North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge John Arrowood was first appointed to the bench in 2007. He lost subsequent races but was re-appointed in 2017, and in November he was elected to a full term on the bench, becoming the ...

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People come before the North Carolina Supreme Court from all walks of life, but in one decision handed down by the court Dec. 7, it was as if the defendant had wandered into the court after having just emerged, fully ...

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North Carolina’s highest court says it will hear arguments on whether the legislature can trim judgeships from the state’s intermediate-level appeals court through attrition. The state Supreme Court says it will take up litigation from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper against ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has hired Jaye Bingham-Hinch as the new director of its Office of Staff Counsel. Bingham-Hinch succeeds Leslie Davis, who held the position since 1989 and is retiring later this month. Davis has been the ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has added another decision to an already robust collection of opinions that suppressed critical evidence obtained during so-called police “knock and talks” at a suspect’s residence.

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With politics in North Carolina apparently played as gladiatorial blood sport now, an elected official putting the integrity of the government ahead of partisan gamesmanship counts as positively refreshing. That’s what North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Douglas McCullough did ...

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