Is Entering a Store After Having Been “Trespassed” Chargeable as Felony Breaking or Entering?

Published for NC Criminal Law on February 17, 2016.

In a session that I taught for magistrates, I learned that there is a practice in some districts of charging suspects with felony breaking or entering of a building when they enter a store after having been told not to return—commonly referred to as being “trespassed.” This may or may not be the appropriate charge, ... Read more

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