After defendant sexually assaulted the victim, defendant pulled the victim off the bed by his ankles, and then began kicking the victim. There was sufficient restraint – separate from the sexual assault – to support defendant’s kidnapping conviction. The trial ...

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State v. China (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-057-17, 14 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) (Chris Dillon, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Durham County Superior Court (Henry Hight Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: During a short, brutal assault, ...

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State v. Curtis (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-019-17, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Forsyth County Superior Court (Ronald Spivey, J.) On appeal from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: We affirm the Court of Appeals’ decision (After breaking ...

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State v. James (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-272-16, 18 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (Stanley Allen, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though, after defendant assaulted the victim by strangling her, he also had his arm around ...

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State v. Gordon (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-243-16, 16 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (R. Stuart Albright, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though defendant released the victim not too far from the victim’s apartment, since the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Wake County prosecutor whose father was kidnapped by a gang leader she prosecuted has been put on paid leave while the district attorney looks into accusations of misconduct on two unrelated cases. News outlets report ...

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State v. Walters (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-013-16, 9 pp.) (Robin Hudson, J.) (Sam Ervin IV, J., not participating) Appealed from Robeson County Superior Court (William Pittman, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: The ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two former North Carolina correctional officers have been indicted as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the kidnapping of a prosecutor’s father. U.S. Attorney Thomas Walker said Monday that 31-year-old Gregory Dustin Gouldman and 29-year-old Jason ...

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Liberty University Inc. v. Citizens Ins. Co. of America (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0708, 32 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 14-2254, July 10, 2015; USDC at Lynchburg, Va. (Moon, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An insurance company has no duty to defend Liberty ...

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U.S. v. Flores-Granados (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0359, 25 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 14-4249, April 15, 2015; USDC at Norfolk, Va. (Morgan, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit upholds a district court’s 16-level enhancement under the federal sentencing guidelines for ...

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