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 Guilford County case, defendant appealed his convictions for felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, arguing error in the denial of his motion to suppress testimony obtained in violation of his Miranda rights and limitation of his...
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant’s untimely motion to strike.
When the defendant failed to object to a question until after the witness responded, the objection was waived by the defendant’s failure to move to strike the answer.
By objecting only on the basis that the subject matter of questioning had been “covered” the previous day, the defense failed to preserve other grounds for exclusion of the evidence and plain error review applied.