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In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals in July 2026. In State v. Wilder, No. COA25-1153 (N.C. Ct. App. July 1, 2026), the Court of Appeals concluded the trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s request to proceed pro se. In State v. Sandi, No. COA25-430 (N.C. Ct. App. July 1, 2026), the Court of Appeals found sufficient evide...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on July 1, 2026. In State v. Broadway, No. COA25-1159 (N.C. Ct. App. July 1, 2026), the Court of Appeals held the defendant could not be sentenced for both assault inflicting serious bodily injury (ASBI) and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury (ADWIKISI) base...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals in June 2026. In State v. Wise, No. COA25-683 (N.C. Ct. App. June 3, 2026), the Court of Appeals found no violation of the confrontation clause when the testifying expert reviewed and approved a toxicology report. In State v. Havens, No. COA25-592 (N.C. Ct. App. June 17, 2026), the Court of Appeal...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on June 3, 2026. In State v. Phelps, No. COA25-934 (N.C. Ct. App. June 3, 2026), the Court of Appeals ruled that simultaneous possession of multiple weapons constitutes a single instance of possession of a weapon of mass death and destruction. In State v. Metcalf, No. COA25-624 (N.C. Ct. App. June...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina appellate courts in May 2026. In State v. Dobson, 190PA24 (N.C. May 22, 2026), the Supreme Court held that the odor of marijuana is a factor to be considered under the totality of the circumstances for probable cause. In State v. Myers, No. COA25-631 (N.C. Ct. App. May 20, 2026), the Court of Appeals concluded the...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina appellate courts in May 2026. In State v. Hague, No. 225A24 (N.C. May 22, 2026), the Supreme Court concluded the trial court reversibly erred by excluding evidence of the victim’s prior convictions to show the defendant’s state of mind. In State v. Phillips, No. COA25-864 (N.C. Ct. App. May 6, 2026), the Court of...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina appellate courts in March and April 2026. In State v. Perry, No. 64PA24 (N.C. March 20, 2026), the Supreme Court found sufficient evidence to withstand a defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge of armed robbery. In State v. Friend, No. COA25-908 (N.C. Ct. App. April 15, 2026), the Court of Appeals found sufficien...

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Appellate Courts in March and April 2026. In State v. Cole, No. COA24-563 (N.C. Ct. App. April 1, 2026), the Court of Appeals found no error in the trial court’s instructing the jury on the felony [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on March 18, 2026. In State v. Butler, No. COA25-9 (N.C. Ct. App. March 18, 2026), the Court of Appeals found insufficient evidence of serious bodily injury to support a conviction for assault [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on March 4, 2026. In State v. Barbour, COA24-664 (N.C. Ct. App. Mar. 4, 2026), the Court of Appeals held the State presented sufficient evidence contradicting the defendant’s castle doctrine defense to warrant [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on February 18, 2026. In State v. Cooke, No. COA25-527 (N.C. Ct. App. Feb. 18, 2026), the Court of Appeals vacated the judgment where the trial court proceeded without first determining that the [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Caroline Court of Appeals on February 4, 2026. In State v. Gibbon, No. COA25-415 (N.C. Ct. App. Feb 4, 2026), the Court of Appeals found the prosecutor conducted the necessary investigation between presentment and indictment by reviewing [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on January 7 and January 21 of 2026. In State v. Oakes, No. COA25-247 (N.C. Ct. App. Jan. 7, 2026), the Court of Appeals concluded that a voicemail was sufficiently authenticated by voice [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on January 7, 2026. In State v. White, No. COA25-470 (N.C. Ct. App. Jan. 7, 2026), the Court of Appeals found no error in the denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress when [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Supreme Court on December 12, 2025. In State v. Calderon, No. 238A23 (N.C. Dec. 12, 2025), the Supreme Court applied the distinct-interruption test and found sufficient evidence to support three separate convictions for indecent liberties with [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on December 3, 2025. In State v. Kleist, No. COA24-677 (N.C. Ct. App. Dec. 3, 2025), the Court of Appeals found insufficient evidence of aiding and abetting child sex crimes and felony child [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on November 5 and 19, 2025. In State v. Johnson, No. COA24-1126 (N.C. Ct. App. Nov. 5, 2025), the Court of Appeals found no error in the denial of the defendant’s request for [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on November 5, 2025. In State v. Barthel, No. COA25-159 (N.C. Ct. App. Nov. 5, 2025), the Court of Appeals vacated the defendant’s convictions arising from the display of a vulgar banner at [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Supreme Court on Oct. 17, 2025. In State v. Chemuti, No. 282PA24 (N.C. Oct. 17, 2025), the Supreme Court ruled that defendants cannot compel the production of body camera footage and other recordings in the custody [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Oct. 1, 2025. In State v. Lamm, No. COA24-982 (N.C. Ct. App. Oct. 1, 2025), the Court of Appeals held that a prior acquittal did not collaterally estop the State from presenting [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on September 17, 2025. In State v. Chafen, No. COA24-1030 (N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 17, 2025), the Court of Appeals found no error when there was insufficient evidence to raise a bona fide [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on September 3, 2025. In State v. Powell, No. COA24-556 (N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2025), the Court of Appeals awarded the defendant a new trial when the trial court erred by failing [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by North Carolina appellate courts on August 20 and 22, 2025. In State v. McCall, COA24-779 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 20, 2025), the Court of Appeals held that the State may use evidence of the defendant’s pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on August 6, 2025. In State v. Jenkins, No. COA24-889 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 6, 2025), the Court of Appeals construed the some-other-provision-of-law clause of G.S. 14-34.10 to preclude sentencing a defendant on [...]

In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on July 2 and July 16, 2025. In State v. Upchurch, No. COA24-460 (N.C. Ct. App. July 2, 2025), the Court of Appeals found no error in the denial of the defendant’s motion [...]