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Kim Kardashian’s Calabasas mansion was broken into on Sunday, and police have arrested a suspect, per this story from NBC and


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Today’s post addresses a small (and admittedly mundane) thing that trips people up from time to time. What happens when an appealed probationary sentence comes back to the trial court that imposed it? The issue arises when an appeal is withdrawn, or when a probationary sentence is affirmed.

As most readers probably know,


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A defendant’s simultaneous possession of multiple guns will generally support only one conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. In State v. Phelps, No. COA25-934 (June 3, 2026), the State argued that multiple convictions were warranted becaus...


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This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on August 5, 2026.

No Fourth Amendment violation where law enforcement seized bloody shirt from the defendant during previous incident involving potential violent crime and subsequently used blood from the shirt to conduct DNA-testing in case at bar.


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Last week’s News Roundup noted the story of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg officer accused of illegally accessing Flock camera data. According to these


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