State v. Barnett (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-015-16, 10 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) (Cheri Beasley, J., not participating) Appealed from Gaston County Superior Court (F. Donald Bridges, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: ...

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State v. Crockett (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-014-16, 15 pp.) (Robin Hudson, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Richard Boner, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: We hold that G.S. § 14-208.9, the ...

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State v. James (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-009-16, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (Claire Hill, J.) On appeal from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: For the reasons stated in State v. Williams, ___ ...

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State v. Williams (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-002-16, 21 pp.) (Robert Edmunds Jr., J.) (Cheri Beasley, J., joined by Robin Hudson, J., dissenting) (Sam Ervin IV, J., not participating) Appealed from Burke County Superior Court (Eric Levinson, J.) On discretionary review ...

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State v. McLamb (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0958, 9 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from Sampson County Superior Court (Phyllis Gorham, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The indictment sufficiently alleged that defendant had failed to notify the last registering sheriff of his ...

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State v. Mastor(Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0957, 14 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Julia Lynn Gullet, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though defendant’s paramour was not required to register as a sex offender, since he pled ...

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State v. James (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0677, 22 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J., dissenting) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (Claire Hill, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Since defendant had never lived at the address he gave the ...

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State v. Calvin Moore (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0342, 24 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Cleveland County Superior Court (Hugh Lewis, J.) N.C. App. April 7, 2015 Holding: The state presented no evidence from which a reasonable inference could ...

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State v. Surratt (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0555, 14 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Catawba County Superior Court (Yvonne Mims Evans, J.) N.C. App. Holding: On paper, defendant was “released” from prison for his conviction of taking indecent liberties with ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a North Carolina sex offender should have a chance to challenge a requirement that he wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for the rest of his life. The justices ruled Monday that the state’s ...

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