JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The operator of a local news website has been sentenced to a minimum of 11 months in prison for attempting to extort money from a North Carolina attorney, a district attorney said Thursday. District Attorney Ernie ...

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There’s an old adage that goes something like, “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Apparently, Virginia’s William White is fresh out of honey, so the only thing he caught with his sour collection tactics was a ...

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State v. Wright (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0346, 7 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Henry Hight Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: While the offense of armed robbery requires that personal property be taken and carried away, ...

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Hester v. Hubert Vester Ford, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0036, 25 pp.) (Linda McGee, Ch. J.) Appealed from Bladen County Superior Court (Douglas Sasser, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Plaintiff alleges and has presented some evidence that she co-signed a loan ...

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Two former officers in Gaston County have been sentenced to prison for their pleas to conspiracy and extortion charges last year.

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State v. Privette Even if defendant was innocent of the charges for which he was jailed, he could still commit extortion by threatening to assault or kill the guilty party if he did not turn himself in. Nevertheless, evidence of hypothetical violence (what defendant said he would do to his wife if she were a man) should not have been admitted.

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U.S. v. Clenney. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-01-0144, 16 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 09-5114, Feb. 3, 2011; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Ellis, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: A defendant cannot suppress the firearm ...

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