CURRITUCK, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina county that once banned solar farms has given a permit to a San Francisco-based alternative energy company after a lengthy court battle. The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports the Currituck County commissioners granted the ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina judges have vacated a second-degree murder conviction after finding that prosecutors violated double-jeopardy principles when they tried the defendant a second time. The state Court of Appeals ruling May 15 throws out the guilty verdict against James ...

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The odds of a probation officer arriving at a probationer’s apartment right before a mail carrier delivers a package filled with prescription drugs are slim.

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Holding: Contrary to defendant’s argument, plaintiff was not required to try to make it across an intersection when he saw and heard a fire truck on its way into the intersection; plaintiff was not contributorily negligent when he stopped in compliance with G.S. § 20-156(b).

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Holding: When defendant’s tires touched and later crossed – by about two inches – the fog line, the arresting officer had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant.

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Holding: Regardless of which standard applied – Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), or Howerton v. Arai Helmet, Ltd., 358 N.C. 440, 597 S.E.2d 674 (2004) – the Disciplinary Hearing Commission did not abuse its discretion when it refused to allow an experienced accountant to testify as an expert in forensic accounting.

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It’s a well-known fact that pictures make books better. But the same holds true for court documents, as evidenced by an illustrated decision from the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

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The child abuse conviction of the stepfather of a young girl whose case led to North Carolina and federal laws being named in her honor has been upheld by the state Court of Appeals.

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An outgoing North Carolina Supreme Court justice is returning to the Court of Appeals to fill the impending vacancy of the judge who defeated him last month.

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A North Carolina appeals court upheld Tuesday the state's regulatory approval of the deal that made Duke Energy Corp. the country's largest electric company when it purchased Progress Energy.

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