Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed a criminal defense lawyer and a district court judge to fill two seats on the Superior Court bench. David Phillips will join the District 27A bench in Gaston County, where he’s had an eponymous criminal ...

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GASTONIA (AP) Authorities say an assistant North Carolina district attorney has been arrested on several drug charges. News outlets report police in Waxhaw said officers stopped Gaston County Assistant District Attorney James Brandon Graham on April 22. The Union County ...

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The North Carolina Highway Patrol says a man has been struck and killed by a fire truck as he stepped into the middle of the road in Gaston County.

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Gaston County authorities say someone stole a sheriff's deputy's uniform, gun, bullet-proof vest, Taser, badges and other equipment in a car break-in.

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Disgruntled spouses commonly use social media sites to dig up dirt that can be used against their significant others in court. But a Hindu man recently took the tactic to the next level when he used Facebook to go after a District Court judge.

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Conservation groups have sued in federal court to stop approval of a proposed toll road in North Carolina's Piedmont, saying environmental reviews were flawed and hid the project's shortcomings.

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State v. Davis. (Lawyers Weekly No, 10-07-1097, 34 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.) Appealed from Gaston County Superior Court. (Richard D. Boner, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinions. Holding: Where the state’s expert based ...

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Mosteller v. Duke Energy Corp. Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle that ran off the road and struck a utility pole inside the highway right-of-way, leaving plaintiff a quadriplegic. The defendant-power company allegedly violated N.C. Department of Transportation regulations by failing to apply for a permit for its placement of the pole; however, plaintiff's complaint fails because she does not allege that the DOT would have denied such an application had it been filed. We affirm the trial court's order granting defendant Duke Energy Corp.'s motion to dismiss.

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State v. Davis. When a defendant's convictions for felony death by vehicle and second-degree murder arise out of the same conduct, he may be punished only for second-degree murder and not for felony death by vehicle. Also, when a defendant's convictions for felony serious injury by vehicle and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (ADWISI) arise out of the same conduct, he may be punished only for ADWISI. We reverse the Court of Appeals' decision to the contrary and remand for re-sentencing.

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State v. Mack. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0809, 14 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Gaston County Superior Court. (Nathaniel J. Poovey, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Defendant, whose license was revoked, drove extremely dangerously in order to evade arrest for ...

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