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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In this robbery case involving multiple victims, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant’s motion to sequester the victim-witnesses where the defendant offered no basis for his motion.
Based on the facts presented in this child sexual assault case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant’s request to sequester witnesses. The court noted however that “the better practice should be to sequester witnesses on request of either party unless some reason...
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant’s motion to sequester the State’s witnesses. In support of sequestration, defense counsel argued that there were a number of witnesses and that they might have forgotten about the incident. The court noted that neither of...