NC Supreme Court

September 6, 2023

She said she killed her lover in self-defense. Court says jury properly saw her as the aggressor

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of a woman who fatally shot her lover in her bedroom, ruling Friday that the trial judge gave appropriate instructions to the jury about the legal limits for deadly force inside a home. Five of the seven justices agreed to overturn a unanimous appellate […]

May 5, 2022

NC judge drops price to cover school plan, omits spend order

Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press State David Lee, Mike Robinson, NC Supreme Court, Roy Cooper

RALEIGH — A North Carolina judge cut the amount of money needed to comply through the middle of next year with a step-by-step plan to address state educational inequities. But he declined to leave in place the crux of another judge’s order that directed cash from government coffers be sent to state agencies to cover […]