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 assault case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by allowing portions of the defendant’s telephone call, made from jail, to his grandmother into evidence but refusing to allow the defendant to offer other portions from the same call into evidence. The defendant argued that the...
In this case involving convictions for attempted first-degree murder, statutory sex offense with a child by an adult, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, first-degree kidnapping, and taking indecent liberties with a child, although the trial court erred by preventing the...
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding statements from the defendant’s custodial interviews on April 23rd and 25th while admitting statements from a third custodial interview on April 26th. On appeal the defendant argued that his prior...
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting a more complete version of a detective’s notes after the defendant opened the door by asking about one portion of those notes. The court rejected the defendant’s argument that it was improper to admit the notes under Rule 106 (remainder...