On Monday, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari review in Jouppi v. Alaska, a case involving a bush pilot’s appeal of the forfeiture of his $95,000 airplane because his passenger’s grocery bags contained three cases of beer (at least a six-pack of which Jouppi knew about because it was visible in the bag) and Jouppi was prepared to fly the...
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Evidence of the victim’s character may be introduced in two circumstances: First, the defendant may introduce evidence of a “pertinent trait” of the victim’s character. G.S. 8C-404(a)(2). The most common example is evidence of the victim’s violent character, offered when the defendant is claiming self-defense. Second, in homicide cases, the state may offer evidence of the victim’s character trait for “peacefulness” to rebut a claim by the defense that the victim was the first aggressor.
The state must give the defendant, at the beginning of jury selection, a written list of the names of all witnesses whom the state reasonably expects to call during the trial.
A court may permit a defendant who moves to withdraw a guilty plea after sentencing to withdraw the plea only when it is necessary to avoid manifest injustice.
If the elements of the offense were committed in more than one county, each county in which an element of the crime was committed has concurrent venue. See G.S. 15A-132(a).
The rules of evidence do not apply at sentencing. G.S. 8C-1101(b)(3).
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