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29942
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The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule does not apply in certain law enforcement circumstances. This memorandum discusses the Court’s ruling in two cases, and its application in North Carolina.
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29965
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This memorandum discusses 1981 legislative changes and recent appellate cases concerning the speedy-trial law, and provides a complete text of the new law. The general topics discussed are the time limitations, exclusionary periods, cases in counties with limited court sessions, and dismissal sanctions.
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29969
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The controversial decision of the Gannett v. DePasquale case concerned the public’s right, including the news media, to attend criminal proceedings. This memorandum discusses the Gannett case and North Carolina constitutional, statutory, and common law provisions that may provide a public right of access.
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29972
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The effect of a recent Supreme Court ruling will be to increase a judge’s responsibility to determine the need for counsel before trial when the case involves a misdemeanor that may later be used in an enhanced-penalty statute. This memorandum discusses the decision and its application to driving under the influence, North Carolina’s most commonly used misdemeanor enhancement statute.
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30009
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North Carolina, relying on the common law, first approved the judicial immunity principle in a 1839 case in which a justice of the peace was sued for knowingly taking insufficient security on appeal. The latest North Carolina case added the malicious acts extension of the principle. This case is compared to the 1978 case of Stump v. Strickland.
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Administration of Justice Memorandum
(NoCar KFN 7908 .A15 U6), Vol. Issue 6, May 1978,
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31738
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The following are abstracts from the NC Supreme Court Cases, located in the search room at the NC Archives.
case #245 State vs. Abraham Hardee, 1819 Pitt County
#1028 John G. Blount vs. William Haddock, (date?) Pitt County [Information on William Taylor (d. 1794) family; Daniel Neale]
#944 Harris vs. Mills, (date?) Pitt County [Information on William Harris (d. 1783) family]
#1072 William Tison vs. Joseph Rasberry, 1820 [Mentions Stephen Tison]
#3155 Carroll vs. Hancock, 1856 Pitt County [Information on William Haddock (d. 1821) family; Roderick Carroll; Zilpha Harrington]
#9638 Cooper vs. Cannon, 1867 Pitt County [Information on Theophilus Slaughter family; Sarah Turner; Martha Cooper; Celia Evans; Ada Slaughter; Jehu Sermons]
#386 Harris vs. Mills, 1813 Pitt County [Information on William Harris (d. 1783) family; John Moye]
#2106 Rebecca Carson vs. John B. Baker, 1832 Pitt County [Information on Thomas Carson family]
#1460 Abraham Cox, Sr. vs. Thomas Mills, 1826 Pitt County [Information on Abraham Cox, Sr. family and the Thomas Mills (d. pre 1817) family]
#6920 Rives vs. Frizzle, 1852 Pitt County [Information on Jonathan Frizzle family]
#1844 Cannon vs. Jenkins, 1830 Pitt County [Information on Willie Cannon (d. 1815) family; Joel Wingate] Depositions with ages of: Shadrick Jackson, James Stokes, Palmer Cannon, John Gardner, Joab Herrington, Cannon Smith, Zachariah Gardner.
#2142 Warren Andrews vs. Alexander Shaw, 1833 Pitt County [Information on William Butler/Simon Butler family; Elizabeth Calland]
#2652 ½ Jordan Nelson vs. Williams, 1838 Pitt County {information on Annis Moore, Alexander Brinkley, Sparkman Britt, Lewis S. Britt]
#1372 Allen Tyson & Sugg vs. Tyson, 1823 Pitt County [Information on Moab Rountree, Richard Williams family]
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31764
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The following are abstracts from the NC Supreme Court Cases, located in the search room at the NC Archives.
Case #5888 Fred Johnson vs David Chapman; 1853 Craven County [Information on the Frederick Johnson family; Stephen Chapman, Frederick Chapman; Robert Godley; Benjamin Godley, Hilan Godley; Argent Adams; Hannah Smith]
#525 Alice Hamilton, exctrx. of F. Hamilton vs. James Shepperd; 1818 Wayne County [Information on the Oliver Smith (d. 1807) family; Nancy Sheppard]
#301 Bentley vs. Forbes; (no date) Pitt County [Information on Tapley Bentley (d. 1796) family; Whitney Nichols; Benjamin Forbes; Benjamin Barrow; Honour Barrow; Robert R. Gwaltney; William Rountree]
#2233 Church Chapman vs. Jonathan Van Pelt; 1835 Craven County [Information on the family of Jonathan Van Pelt; Benjamin Gwaltney] ] Depositions with ages of: Charles J. Rountree, William Murphy, Henry Smith, Nancy Stocks, Rebecca Stocks, John Stokes, James Stokes, Stephen Smith, Moses Arnold, James Hanrahan, Abram Herrington.
#7844 Fred Bryan vs. Sarah Manning; 1859 Martin County [Information on Hillary Whitehurst family; Fred J. Bryan]
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38207
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A Podcast interview with a rape survivor shrouded in anonymity became well known as an illustration of the typical survivor’s road to justice. As the author revealed, it often contains long investigation process delays and yields no convictions, as confirmed by the accompanying statistics. From the ensuing investigation and ten part series about sexual assault on “Sarah Says,” Sarah Delia hoped to help make their road to justice shorter and smoother.
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