One court-appointed attorney withdrawing from a defendant’s case is happenstance, and two, as the saying goes, might be coincidence. A third attorney’s withdrawal clearly suggests some difficulties, but in the case of a New Hanover County man convicted of ...

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U.S. v. Ductan (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0858, 32 pp.) (Per Curiam) No. 14-4220, Sept. 2, 2015; UDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Conrad, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A trial court violated a drug defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel when it found ...

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State v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0200, 19 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (David Hall, J.) N.C. App. Holding: In refusing to answer the trial court’s questions as to whether he waived his right to ...

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Job would envy the patience of Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael O’Foghludha, on display during his recent handling of a drug defendant’s case.

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State v. Wray. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0814, 30 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) (Linda Stephens, J., concurring) Appealed from Cleveland County Superior Court (Forrest D. Bridges, J.) N.C. App. Holding: A criminal defendant who does not engage in serious misbehavior and ...

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