North Carolina 1983 Law
Ronnie Wallace Long v. City of Concord, et al.
Raleigh, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> According to United States District Court Judge James C. Dever, III: <br> <br> "Long was wrongfully incarcerated for more than 44 years for a burglary and rape he did not commit. See Am. Compl. [D.E. 24] ¶¶ 1-2. Throughout his incarceration, Long maintained a... More...
$25000000 (01-11-2024 - NC)<H2> State of North Carolina v. Johnnny James Blackmon
Raleigh, North Carolina Defendant, James Blackmon, was accused of killing Helena Payton on the sixth floor of her dorm room at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh on September 28, 1979.<br> <br> Helen left her room to use the common bathroom at 6:15 a.m. She was assaulted on September 28, 1979 and originally survived the assault, conscious and responsive as she arrived at Wake Medical Center. She w... More...
$0 (12-31-1988 - NC)Charles O'Brien Teague v. Marshall Pike, et al.
Raleigh, North Carolina pro se Plaintiff sued the Defendants on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> Most prisoner civil rights cases are generally predicated on violation of the 8th Amendment. They are very fact driven and are very hard to win.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (11-06-2023 - NC)<H2> North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Martens
Lexington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder.<br> <br> ¶ 1 In the early morning hours of 2 August 2015, a Davidson County 911 operator received a call regarding an incident at 160 Panther Creek Court. The caller, Thomas Martens (Tom), reported that his son-in-law, Jason Corbett (Jason), "got in a fight" with his daughter, Molly Martens Corbett ... More...
$0 (10-30-2023 - NC)Jerry Dean Simmons v. William Carey Cooper
Raleigh, North Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...
$0 (09-15-2023 - NC)<H2> Willie Womble v. City of Durham, et al. </H2>
Durham, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/durham/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Durham</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> "On November 18, 1975, two m... More...
$1 (12-27-2022 - NC)Lillie Brown Clark v. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office, et al.
Elizabeth City, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputies used excessive force when they shot and killed Andrew Brown, age 42, on April 21, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.<br> <br> Brown was not armed when he was shot to death when he tried to ... More...
$3000000 (06-07-2022 - NC)State of North Carolina v. William Harrison
Rocky Mount, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony death by vehicle and of driving while impaired.<br> <br> William Harrison, 60, was charged with having unintentionally caused the death of Ronald Kelly, 52, on Sept. 30, 2020.<br> <br> G.S. 20-141.§ Felony and misdemeanor death by vehicle; felony serious injury by vehicle;<br> aggravated offenses; rep... More...
$0 (03-25-2022 - NC)The Estate of John Mark Hendrick, Jr., et al. v. Barry Lee Bartrug, III
Winston-Salem, North Carolina plaintiff personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...
$1 (12-21-2021 - NC)Glenda W. Westmoreland v. TWC Administration, LLC, d/b/a Time Warner Cable
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$0 (05-22-2019 - NC)<cente> Lewis A. Brandon, III v. The City of Greensboro
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"><br> </center><br> <br> After eight voting citizens of Greensboro, North Carolina, (“Citizens”) prevailed in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Guilford County Board of Elections, successfully challenging as unconstitutional a 2015 state law that redrew Greensboro City Council districts and obt... More...
$0 (04-15-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Ismael Azua-Rinconada
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> After Ismael Azua-Rinconada (“Azua”) was indicted for illegally entering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), he filed two motions to suppress all statements and all other evidence obtained by law enforcement officers during their encounter with him prior... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)Felipe Perez Perez v. Lee Francis Cissna
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile (“SIJ”) requirements. One of the requirements is a qu... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEFFREY R. MACDONALD
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$0 (12-21-2018 - NC)U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, L.L.C.
Defendants Jason Carpenter, Christopher Small, Big South Wholesale, LLC, and Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC, d/b/a Big Sky International, appeal the district judge’s order granting a motion to reconsider a predecessor district judge’s order which had granted Defendants’ petition to substitute the United States as a party defendant under the Westfall Act. See 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b). The W... More...
$0 (08-04-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DAVID WOODARD DANIEL <table> <td>
On the morning of 11 June 2016, a trooper stopped Defendant’s vehicle for <br> speeding in Wilkes County. Based on his observations of Defendant, the trooper <br> formed a belief that Defendant had consumed a sufficient quantity of alcohol to <br> impair Defendant’s faculties or his ability to safely drive a vehicle. Accordingly, the <br> trooper placed Defendant under arrest for driving whi... More...
$0 (05-05-2018 - NC)Bobbydyne McMillan v. Cumberland County Board of Education; Joseph M. Locklear
Appellant Bobbydyne McMillan was employed by the Cumberland County Board<br> of Education (“CCBE”) and resigned following an investigation into her conduct during<br> the course of her employment. She appeals the district court’s grant of summary<br> judgment in favor of the Defendants, CCBE, and Joseph M. Locklear,1 Associate<br> Superintendent of Human Resources, on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 F... More...
$0 (04-03-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GERALD ADRIAN WHEELER, a/k/a Bay-Bay <table> <td>
In the district court, Gerald Wheeler (“Appellant”) sought to have his habeas <br> corpus petition heard on the merits by means of the “savings clause” per 28 U.S.C. <br> § 2255(e). The savings clause provides that an individual may seek relief from an illegal <br> detention by way of a traditional 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition, if he or she <br> can demonstrate that a § 2255... More...
$0 (03-28-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LEE RICHMOND WADDELL <table> <td>
In December 2015, Defendant was serving post-release supervised probation <br> for an unrelated offense. Probation Officer Michelle Creech was assigned to supervise <br> Defendant. Ms. Creech visited Defendant’s residence regularly to monitor <br> Defendant’s compliance with the terms of his probation. Defendant lived in a house <br> along with approximately eight other people, including hi... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RASHEED ANTHONY STEPHENS-MADDOX <table> <td>
On 7 December 2015, a Rowan County grand jury indicted Defendant for one <br> count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. On 7 June 2016, the Rowan County <br> Superior Court called Defendant’s case for trial. The evidence presented at trial <br> tended to establish the following. <br> The State called Steven Phillips. On 25 September 2015, Phillips travelled to <br> Salisbury to practice w... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JERRY GIOVANI THOMPSON <table> <td>
On 10 April 2015, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant for an <br> apartment on Basin Street, in Charlotte, North Carolina. When the officers arrived <br> at the apartment, defendant was sitting in his car in front of the residence. Two <br> officers approached defendant in order to prevent any interference with the execution <br> of the search warrant, and remained near defendant ... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTOPHER BLAKE SQUIRE <table> <td>
Following a jury trial, Christopher Blake Squire was convicted of aiding and <br> abetting and possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 <br> (2012) and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (2012) (Count 1); possession with intent to distribute <br> 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (Count 2); using a <br> place for manufacturing, distributing,... More...
$0 (12-20-2017 - NC)Teresa Ann Hensley v. Michael Scott Price
Deputies Michael Price and Keith Beasley (collectively, the “Deputies”)—both employed by the Haywood County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Department—shot and killed David Hensley outside his home on the morning of August 9, 2012. The plaintiffs—Hensley’s widow and two daughters—brought suit against the Deputies in both their individual and official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 a... More...
$0 (11-25-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. TYLER DALE McCURRY <table> <td>
The State presented evidence at trial tending to establish the following facts: <br> L.J.R. (“Leo”)1 was born to Jennie Reynolds (“Jennie”) and her husband Derek <br> Reynolds (“Derek”) on 19 July 2014. Shortly after Leo was born, Derek was <br> incarcerated, and the Department of Social Services (“DSS”) became involved with <br> the family due to Jennie’s abuse of methadone pi... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA V. ALAN HOLLAND GRIFFIN <table> <td>
The evidence presented at trial tended to show the following: One night in <br> September 2016, multiple officers responded to a report of a suspicious truck parked <br> on the road in a residential neighborhood. When the initial officer arrived at the <br> scene, Defendant was standing next to the truck and talking on his cell phone. <br> Defendant acknowledged the officer’s presence, quickl... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. KENNETH GORE, Jr., <table> <td>
This case arises from the death of Bonnie Fowler (“Ms. Fowler”), a 77-year-old <br> resident of Chadbourn, North Carolina. <br> The evidence at trial tended to show the following: <br> On 6 November 2010, Ms. Fowler, who lived alone in an apartment complex, <br> spent the morning and early afternoon with her family in her home. Later that <br> afternoon, at around 4:20 p.m., she spoke by ph... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SHENANDOAH FREEMAN <table> <td>
The evidence at trial tended to show the following: <br> Defendant and Amber Gottschalk (“Ms. Gottschalk”) met in February of 2014 <br> when Defendant hired Ms. Gottschalk as a prostitute. From then until May of 2014, <br> Defendant and Ms. Gottschalk continued in an illicit intimate relationship, with <br> Defendant acting as both a pimp and protection for Ms. Gottschalk. In exchange, <br>... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. WILLIE ANTHONY JUNIO FARRAR <table> <td>
The evidence at trial establishes the following factual background. Sherri <br> Hancock (“Ms. Hancock”) was at home on the afternoon of 17 January 2015, when <br> she heard a car pull into her driveway. Her house was at the end of a long driveway, <br> and not visible from the road. She looked out a window and saw a red Honda Accord <br> (“the car”) parked next to some bushes beside her... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JUJUAN MAQUIS COX <table> <td>
On 5 August 2013, a grand jury indicted Defendant on multiple counts of first<br> degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, AWDWIKISI, discharging a firearm <br> into an occupied dwelling, and two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied <br> vehicle. The State tried Defendant on the following: two charges of first-degree <br> murder, two charges of attempted first-degree murder, two... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DARIS LAMONT SPINKS <table> <td>
The State’s evidence tended to show the victim (“Amy”) and Defendant knew <br> each other through Amy’s older sister, Alexis, for a period of about five years. When <br> Amy’s sister had her own apartment, Amy would visit and Defendant would bring his <br> 10-year old daughter over. Amy testified at one of these visits Defendant attempted <br> to pull her pants down and put his lips to... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Hemza Menade Lefsih
A jury convicted Hemza Menade Lefsih, an Algerian native who entered the United States through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, of immigration fraud. During Lefsih’s trial, the district court interjected numerous times, expressing skepticism of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and a negative impression of individuals who participate in the program. We find that this judicial interventio... More...
$0 (08-14-2017 - NC)JUSTIN RYAN MCMILLIAN vs. STATE OF FLORIDA <table> <td>
On direct appeal, this Court described the facts as follows: <br> The defendant, Justin McMillian, and his victim, Danielle Stubbs, began dating in the spring of 2008. On Wednesday or Thursday, January 6 or 7, 2009, Stubbs moved from an apartment into a nearby townhouse on Pineverde Lane in Jacksonville. McMillian assisted Stubbs and her family with the move. Friday afternoon, Stubbs took McM... More...
$0 (04-14-2017 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DEMARIO LAMONT SNEAD </b>
This case is about whether the State properly authenticated a surveillance <br> video showing defendant stealing shirts from a Belk Department Store (Belk) and <br> whether a witness’s lay opinion testimony based on that video was admissible. By <br> presenting evidence that the video surveillance system was reliable and that the <br> video presented at trial had not been altered, the State pro... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES ANTHONY McGRADY </b>
Defendant and his cousin Mr. Shore lived in mobile homes across the street <br> from each other in Hays, North Carolina. Various other members of their family also <br> lived nearby. The two men had a combative history, having engaged in multiple <br> verbal and physical altercations. Defendant testified that, on the evening of <br> 19 December 2011, Mr. Shore threatened to kill defendant and h... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STEPHEN LAMONT WARD </b> <b><h3>Case No. - COA16-52 </B></h3>
On 15 July 2013, a Mecklenburg County grand jury indicted defendant Stephen Lamont Ward on two counts of statutory rape of a person thirteen, fourteen, STATE V. WARD Opinion of the Court - 2 - or fifteen years old and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. These matters were brought to trial during the 28 April 2015 Criminal Session of Mecklenburg County Superior Court, ... More...
$0 (11-06-2016 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. C.D. HUNT </b> <b><h3>Case No - COA15-1289 </b></h3>
On 6 January 2014, a Durham County grand jury indicted defendant C.D. Hunt on the charge of burning certain buildings, in violation of General Statutes, section 14-62. The matter came on for trial during the 23 March 2015 criminal session of Durham County Superior Court, the Honorable James Roberson, Judge presiding. The evidence presented at trial tended to show that on 29 May 2013, Diane ... More...
$0 (11-06-2016 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ADAM ROBERT JACKSON</b></h2.
On 30 January 2013, Detective Jessica Jurney and another officer with the <br> Narcotics Division of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office conducted a knock-and-talk <br> at the home of a person they had never met. The officers indicated to the person that <br> she could face criminal charges based on her1 possession of marijuana. The person <br> (“confidential informant” or “informant”)... More...
$0 (10-06-2016 - NC)<b><h3>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES EDWARD JOYNER, </b></h3>
On the evening of 10 June 2013, Sergeant Michael Mitchell was patrolling the <br> south side of Statesville in a marked patrol car when he observed a Honda Civic <br> parked in front of a house that had been involved in prior narcotics investigations. <br> As soon as the vehicle left the house, Sergeant Mitchell noticed that its tag lights <br> were out. He followed the vehicle for several miles... More...
$0 (09-29-2016 - NC)<b><h3>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DAVID MICHAEL REED</b></h3>
At 8:18 a.m. on 9 September 2014, Defendant drove a rented Nissan Altima <br> faster than the posted 65 mph speed limit on Interstate 95 (“I-95”) in Johnston <br> County, North Carolina. His fiancée, Usha Peart, rode in the front passenger seat <br> and held a female pit bull in her lap. Trooper John W. Lamm, of the North Carolina <br> State Highway Patrol, was parked in the median of I-95.... More...
$0 (09-29-2016 - NC)<b><h3>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ERIC LAMAR LINDSEY </b></h3>
On 27 May 2014, a Union County Grand Jury indicted defendant on charges <br> of DWI, habitual DWI, and DWLR. The underlying DWI was later dismissed as the <br> State chose to proceed on the more serious habitual DWI charge. <br> STATE V. LINDSEY <br> Opinion of the Court <br> - 2 - <br> Prior to the case coming on for trial, defendant filed a motion to suppress <br> evidence and dismiss with a ... More...
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