State v. Saldierna (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0728, 20 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Forrest Bridges & Jesse Caldwell, JJ.) N.C. App. Holding: During a police interrogation of the 16-year-old defendant, he asked, “Can I call ...

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In re M.B. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0331, 30 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Donald Cureton Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the juvenile’s therapist believed he could be moved from a level IV facility ...

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In re D.S.B. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0198, 11 pp.) (Sanford Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Cumberland County District Court (Toni King, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though, in one section, the motion for review referred to an earlier, expired term ...

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In re Z.T.W. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0013, 19 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Northampton County District Court (Vershenia Moody, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even if the juvenile had argued before the trial court that he had an Individualized ...

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EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania inmate who was a 14-year-old gang member when he fatally shot another teenager has lost his bid for a sentence reduction. Twenty-two-year-old Qu’eed (kwah-EED’) Batts was sentenced Friday morning to life in prison without ...

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Lumberton police say a 16-year-old boy is charged with murder in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man.

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In re J.L.H. After his request for transportation to a treatment team meeting went unfulfilled, the juvenile’s father attended the meeting by telephone; that is when he learned that the team wanted to extend the juvenile’s commitment. This oral notice – 30 days before the expiration of the juvenile’s original commitment period – did not satisfy the 30-day written notice requirement of G.S. § 7B-2515(a).

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U.S. v. Under Seal An appellant adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for the aggravated sexual abuse of his two half-sisters, ages six and 10, while his family resided in Japan with his mother who was on active duty with the U.S. Navy, is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5031; the 4th Circuit says the registration requirement, as applied to appellant, does not violate the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act or the Eighth Amendment.

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In re E.J. Since a New York court had already made an initial determination concerning the custody of the juvenile, the N.C. trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a permanent custody order because there were no findings that the New York court no longer had jurisdiction or that North Carolina met the requirements of G.S. § 50A-201(a)(1) or (2).

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In re N.J.The trial court failed to state its rationale for denying the juvenile’s motion to suppress the statement he made to the police. We remand for entry of findings of fact and conclusions of law relating to the denial of the juvenile’s motion to suppress.

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