Don't Plead to Weed! 4/20 Webinar
Join my friends at Emancipate NC for a 4/20 seminar about the state's challenges in proving simple misdemeanor possession of "marijuana" charges.
Marijuana Stems and Rolling Papers in Trash Not Enough to Support Search Warrant for Home.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court's ruling to suppress evidence discovered during the execution of a search warrant issued after police found cannabis stems and rolling papers in the defendant's curbside trash. This post explores the ruling and its significance to North Carolina criminal cases.
NC Court of Appeals re-affirms Protection of Privacy in a Home's "Curtilage" and Suppresses Marijuana
Review of two recent North Carolina Appellate decisions, one regarding insufficient evidence to convict the accused of constructive possession and one about suppression of marijuana evidence discovered through a violation of the accused's 4th Amendment right to be free of warrantless searches in the absence of probable cause AND exigent circumstances.
NC Criminal Law: Appellate Court Rules Search Warrant Invalid
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court's ruling that a magistrate-issued warrant for the search of a home was not supported by probable cause to believe that drugs would be found in that particular home and that the evidence found in the home was the "fruit of the poisonous tree" and could not be used against the defendants in support of criminal charges.