Top NC court upholds conviction tied to cannabis odor again
The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a conviction in a Mecklenburg County case involving a defendant whose arrest was linked to authorities detecting cannabis odor.
Cameras logged 152 million scans during the pilot; police cite arrests and recoveries while critics warn of surveillance and misuse.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit filed against the Dare County sheriff and a deputy over a fatal 2023 shooting. Tuesday’s decision upholds a trial judge’s ruling in the case.
The newest member of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals used a North Carolina case Wednesday to discuss the potential legal impact of shifting attitudes about marijuana.
A split 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel has thrown out a federal gun conviction after determining that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police “seized” the defendant when they parked their vehicles near him.
The two candidates in North Carolina's Supreme Court race took very different approaches to the court's ruling in the State v. Carter rape case.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not set aside its recent ruling upholding a defendant’s conviction in a case related to marijuana odor. Nor will the court hold new oral arguments in that case or a related case that has not yet been resolved.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled for Charlotte and three police officers in a lawsuit connected to the 2018 shooting of a mentally ill man.
A lawyer representing two clients in marijuana-related cases at the North Carolina Supreme Court is asking that court to set aside a recent unanimous ruling against one of his clients.
North Carolina’s highest court has sided with Currituck County in an occupancy tax dispute, upheld convictions in two criminal cases involving marijuana odor, affirmed 2023 Duke Energy rate hikes challenged by the state attorney general, censured a Wake County judge, and ruled that a convicted murderer loses his right of direct appeal to the high court once he’s off death row.
The girls of Cabarrus County deserve the same Spartan courage Union County showed against Cooper, Cohen, and the left-wing administration in Raleigh.
A federal Appeals Court has ruled in favor of Sunset Beach in a lawsuit involving an alleged sexual assault by former town police officer Isaac Krammes.