A five-year investigation by the New York Times has uncovered extensive evidence that famous civil-rights leader Cesar Chavez engaged in a pattern of sexually abusing young girls and women. Several survivors have come forward to tell their stories decades after the alleged abuse. Many say they did not come forward earlier out of concern for damaging the movement to advance the rights of farm...
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Unlike “character,” which refers to a person’s general disposition or personality trait, a “habit” is a person’s regular response to a repeated, specific situation. Evidence of a person’s habit may be introduced to show that the person’s conduct was in conformity with that habit on a particular occasion. G.S. 8C-406.
Improper venue is waivable, while improper jurisdiction ordinarily is not.
An indigent defendant who has been formally charged has a right to counsel at a pretrial lineup or other identification procedure at which defendant’s presence is required.
When a statute sets forth disjunctive or alternative ways by which an offense may be committed, a warrant or indictment should charge them conjunctively, linking the alternatives by the word “and” instead of “or”.
If the defendant (or any defendant in a multi-defendant case) puts on evidence, then state has the right to the first and last closing argument.
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