From the UNC School of Government Criminal Law Blog Rabah Samara, the young man who took the wheel of the Cadillac after it crashed into and killed sports reporter Stephen Gates as he was changing a tire on I-40 in 2003 and drove away from the scene, was back in Wake County criminal court yesterday. Samara,… Continue Reading

From the North Carolina Criminal Law Blog Warrantless Stops 101 — Was the Stop Supported by Reasonable Suspicion? In my first Warrantless Stops 101 post, I offered these basic questions to frame the analysis: Did a seizure occur? If so and it was a stop, was it supported by reasonable suspicion or other valid basis?… Continue Reading