Smith's Criminal Case Compendium

Smith's Criminal Case Compendium

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Smith's Criminal Case Compendium

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This compendium includes significant criminal cases by the U.S. Supreme Court & N.C. appellate courts, Nov. 2008 – Present. Selected 4th Circuit cases also are included.

Jessica Smith prepared case summaries Nov. 2008-June 4, 2019; later summaries are prepared by other School staff.

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State v. Malachi, ___ N.C. App. ___, 825 S.E.2d 666 (Mar. 5, 2019)
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Frisk
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Reasonable Suspicion > Flight/Walking Away
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Reasonable Suspicion > Suspicious Body Movements
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Reasonable Suspicion > Tips

In this possession of a firearm by a felon case, the trial court did not err by allowing evidence of a handgun a police officer removed from the defendant’s waistband during a lawful frisk that occurred after a lawful stop. Police received an anonymous 911 call stating that an African-American...
State v. Sutton, 232 N.C. App. 667 (Mar. 4, 2014)
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Reasonable Suspicion > Suspicious Body Movements

An officer had reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk the defendant when the defendant was in a high crime area and made movements which the officer found suspicious. The defendant was in a public housing area patrolled by a Special Response Unit of U.S. Marshals and the DEA concentrating on...
State v. Williams, 195 N.C. App. 554 (Mar. 3, 2009)
Arrest, Search, and Investigation > Arrests & Investigatory Stops > Stops > Reasonable Suspicion > Suspicious Body Movements

An officer had reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk the defendant. The officer saw the defendant, who substantially matched a “be on the lookout” report following a robbery, a few blocks from the crime scene, only minutes after the crime occurred and travelling in the same direction as the...
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