Supreme Court backs parents in school gender policy case
RALEIGH, NC - [box type="shadow" align="alignleft"] AT A GLANCE · U.S. Supreme Court ruled parents challenging California school gender policies are likely to succeed on ...More

Competency ruling required before trial after prior incompetency order
RALEIGH, NC - [box type="shadow"] Summary: North Carolina Court of Appeals vacated felony convictions in 2024 Trial court proceeded despite an outstanding incompetency ...More

Criminal Practice - Materials Outside the Pleadings – Facial Constitutional Challenge
RALEIGH, NC - The trial court erred in allowing material clearly outside of the original pleadings and failing to allow Plaintiff time or opportunity to respond. We vacated ...More

Criminal Practice - Misdemeanor Child Abuse – Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor
RALEIGH, NC - Evidence shows Defendant created or allowed to be created a substantial risk of physical injury to her six-year-old daughter. We discerned no error in the jury’s ...More

Criminal Practice - Benefit of the Bargain (Plea Agreement) – Good Samaritan Law
RALEIGH, NC - Defendant made an “informed choice” to enter into a plea agreement that also “provide[s] him the benefit of his bargain.” The trial court did not err either ...More

Criminal Practice - Felony Murder – Jury Instruction on Predicate Felonies Charged
RALEIGH, NC - The trial court did not err by instructing the jury on each of the predicate felonies charged. There was no error in Defendant’s trial, and we affirmed the Judgment. Defendant ...More

Criminal Practice - Notice of Aggravating Factors – Written Notice
RALEIGH, NC - Defendant had sufficient information in the Notice of Aggravating Factors that he was informed of the factor the State intended to prove. Defendant received ...More