Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against former Louisville officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, who had been accused of falsifying the warrant that preceded the 2020 police raid in which Breonna Taylor was killed. A federal judge had twice reduced the felony charges to misdemeanors, finding no direct causal link between inaccuracies in the warrant and Taylor’s death....
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An initial appearance may be held before a magistrate anywhere within the state. See G.S. 7A-273(7).
The state is not barred from recharging an offense if it was dismissed because the state’s motion to continue was denied.
If a case is transferred to another district for prosecution, the prosecutor of the originating district must continue to prosecute the case, unless the prosecutor of the receiving district consents to the prosecution. See G.S. 15A-133(d).
A trial judge may permit any party to introduce additional evidence at any time before verdict. See G.S. 15A-1226(b).
Language in an indictment or other criminal pleading that is unnecessary (“surplusage”) does not prohibit the state from proving theories or facts of the charged crime that are different from those alleged in the indictment.
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