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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The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion to compel disclosure of the identity of a confidential informant who provided the defendant’s cell phone number to the police. Applying Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53 (1957), the court noted that the defendant failed...
The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion to disclose the identity of a confidential informant in a drug case where—for reasons discussed in the court’s opinion—the defendant failed to show that the circumstances of his case required disclosure.
The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion for disclosure of an informant’s identity where the informant’s existence was sufficiently corroborated under G.S. 15A-978(b).
The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion to disclose the identity of a confidential informant in a drug case. The informant set up a drug transaction between an officer and the defendant, accompanied the officer during the transaction, but was not involved in it. When...