Parts of a North Carolina law restricting the activities of convicted sex offenders are unconstitutionally vague and overly broad, a federal appeals court has ruled, upholding a lower court ruling from last December. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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State v. Moir (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-003-17, 31 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Catawba County Superior Court (Richard Boner, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: In deciding whether federal law would ...

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Larios-Reyes v. Lynch (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-174-16, 29 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 15-2170, Dec. 6, 2016; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit grants a petition for review of the Board of Immigrations Appeals’ decision finding petitioner, ...

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State v. Crabtree (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-309-16, 32 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) (Douglas McCullough, J., dissenting) Appealed from Person County Superior court (Beecher Gray, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although a prosecution witness should not have testified that the child victim ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A court decision striking down parts of a North Carolina law designed to keep some sex offenders away from children has led the state Senate to approve a replacement while the ruling is appealed. Senators voted ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina senator is proposing the General Assembly consider legislation to keep children safe while the state’s law banning registered sex offenders from places where minors are present is under federal court review. Wilson Sen. ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 16-year-old student at a Fayetteville high school has been charged with coercing teen girls to send him nude photos of themselves. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office told local media that the Freedom Christian Academy student ...

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DOBSON, N.C. (AP) — A convicted sex offender who was allowed to be licensed as an emergency medical technician despite his criminal record is part of a lawsuit filed by a mother who blames him and Surry County officials for ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has reached a decision that lawyers and legal scholars called eight years ago: A provision of a state child rape law that allows judges to step into the shoes of jurors and make findings ...

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U.S. v. Faulls (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-085-16, 31 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 14-4595, May 5, 2016; USDC at Charlottesville, Va. (Conrad, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: At defendant’s trial for kidnapping and interstate domestic violence, the trial court did not err ...

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