Court of Appeals: Pleading Standards Are Relaxed for Citations
Published for NC Criminal Law on April 25, 2016.
Last week, the court of appeals decided State v. Allen, a case that holds that the pleading requirements that apply to indictments and other accusatory pleadings don’t necessarily apply to citations. The opinion is helpful to the State, but I think there’s a reasonable chance of further review. Background. An officer determined that the defendant had ... Read more
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