Litigants who showed that their substantial right to a jury trial had been prejudiced because a trial court had improperly decided some preliminary factual issues could immediately appeal those rulings even though the case remains ongoing, a divided panel ...

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A vague, anonymous tip a police officer had received about an undescribed white male engaged in undescribed suspicious activity in a parking lot didn’t provide the officer with enough reasonable suspicion to detain a black male he encountered in the ...

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The grievance petition of a former Charlotte-area probation officer who claims he was fired without cause must be allowed to continue, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. Judge John Tyson, writing for a unanimous panel, said that while ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A man accused of trafficking heroin in North Carolina has had his conviction reversed in an appeal because police lacked the grounds to search him. The N.C. Court of Appeals Aug. 7 ordered a new trial for Gregory Charles ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina's second-highest court says authorities can't force a sex-offender to wear a monitoring device for decades because evidence fails to show that tracking protects the public. A divided three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled Aug. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A longtime North Carolina campaign finance number-cruncher wants the state elections board to scrutinize an appeals court judge's campaign committee. Bob Hall founded and led Democracy North Carolina until his recent retirement. He wrote July 19 asking the board ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A registered sex offender found guilty of exposing himself to a North Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son was granted a new trial July 17 after an appeals court found a procedural problem with his felony conviction. The state ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina appeals court says a former state worker who alleged he was fired by former Gov. Pat McCrory to make room for a political appointee can no longer challenge the move. The state Court of Appeals ruled July 17 ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina man convicted of fatally shooting a neighbor will get a new trial because the jury wasn't properly instructed about his right to defend his home, an appeals court ruled July 3. The North Carolina Court ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina's Court of Appeals has rejected a New England woman's plans to complete work on her 24-bedroom rental home on the Outer Banks. A three-judge panel unanimously ruled against Elizabeth LeTendre of Needham Heights, Massachusetts, reversing a ...

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