When you answer a summons, you become a living link in a chain that runs from the Magna Carta to Halifax to your own courthouse door.
The US Supreme Court will not review a ruling from North Carolina’s top court that blocked a criminal defendant from using a subpoena to gain access to police bodycam footage.
In the real-life case, the result was the opposite. Justus was found guilty, and the verdict was upheld by the NC Court of Appeals.
William Blackstone and the revolutionaries used Magna Carta to explain the rights of the English everywhere and used it against King George III.
A federal appellate judge raised concerns about a recent ruling's impact on the attorney-client privilege.
A federal Appeals Court judge raised concerns Friday about a North Carolina case’s potential negative impact on the attorney-client privilege. He urged the US Supreme Court to “loosen the reins” of a precedent case from 2009.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not hold a rehearing in front of all judges on an issue tied to armed career criminals and the Sixth Amendment. In a 10-4 split, appellate judges decided to leave the issue to the US Supreme Court.
Recently, North Carolinians were handed a major Second Amendment victory: the General Assembly repealed pistol purchase permits; and rightfully so. The Jim Crow-era law was a stain on our great state, and it deserves to be relegated to the trash bins of history. That said, the General Assembly can and should do more. It is...
A federal court has rejected former top N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg’s request to drop GPS monitoring while he awaits a new trial. The federal government plans to retry Lindberg on charges of bribery and fraud in connection with his campaign donations.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out bribery and fraud convictions against prominent N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg. Appellate judges cited mistakes in the trial judge’s jury instructions that “infected” Lindberg’s convictions. The Appeals Court has ordered a new trial for Lindberg, who is serving a seven-year federal prison sentence based on...
Two recent cases offer clues about how Democratic and Republican N.C. Supreme Court justices approach cases involving convicted criminals.
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