An intriguing by-play between judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently emerged into public view in the case of State v. Calvin Lee Miller.
After shooting his
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Petition Tracker Updated
In its most recent set of petition rulings, the Supreme Court of North Carolina added five new cases to its discretionary docket. These cases involve:
- the scope of the
The Tracking Continues
The Petition Tracker has been updated with the Supreme Court’s most recent allowed petitions for discretionary review. Although there were some special orders, the Court only allowed two petitions outright.
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Petition Tracker Updated
The petition tracker has been updated based on the two sets of petition releases that we’ve had so far in 2020. When and how these cases will be decided, in
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Petition Tracker Updated
The petition tracker has been updated with the Supreme Court’s most recent rulings on petitions for discretionary review. The Court accepted three new civil cases dealing with various topics such
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Updated Petition Tracker: Seven New Cases
In its most recent batch of decisions, the Supreme Court of North Carolina granted petitions for discretionary review in four criminal cases and three civil cases. The petition tracker has
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To Err Is Human, But to Review Is Divine—Exceptions to Preserving Error
Finally found time to blog on one of my favorite topics: exceptions and qualifications to the error preservation requirements of Appellate Rule 10! (Um, I heard those groans!). A few
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New Blog Feature: Petition Tracker
Today we’re introducing a new feature for the blog: the petition tracker. You
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Petition Allowed: The Beasley Court Adds Its First Discretionary Cases
The Supreme Court released a batch of orders today, denying review in many cases (as usual) but also granting review in six cases. These six grants—the first from the new
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Supreme Court Reaffirms That Non-Constitutional Sentencing Arguments Are Automatically Preserved for Appellate Review
In October 2018, I gave a CLE presentations with (now recently sworn in) Judge Allegra Collins: “Life Preservers on the Titanic: Issues Not Properly Preserved for Appellate Review.” Part
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