North Carolina Court of Appeals – Publication Date August 4, 2015
Part I – Defendant is not required to give notice of the affirmative defense of duress or necessity in DISTRICT COURT APPEALS
Modified Transcript for Hearing Impaired of “When Kids Make Adult Mistakes”
When a young one, a loved one normally, is cited or charged or arrested with an offense, we’ll oftentimes, seems more often than not, actually get the call either the day of court or the night before court because junior hasn’t wanted to share with their parents or their guardians that they’ve been in some trouble.
Indeed, junior may not realize that that citation for a curfew violation or an alcohol possession violation it’s really all that serious.
Modified Transcript of “Legal Information: Assault on Female Charges” in North Carolina for the Hearing Impaired:
Article 8 “Assaults,” as described in Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General Statutes, cover a wide range of different conduct. The most basic form or “simple assault” is not specifically defined by the North Carolina general assembly website. That indeed may seem a bit odd. Rather, the Courts and to some extent Common Law have defined an assault as:
https://youtu.be/ni6cjnEJ_wU
Modified Transcript of “Assault and Battery Charges” for the Hearing Impaired:
There are different types of assault. There’s simple assault, there’s assault on a female, there’s assault on a government official, there’s assaults on children, and sometimes they’re felonious assaults that have the potential for long term prison sentences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKHb68jB24
Modified Transcript of “Illegal Possession of Alcohol” for the Hearing Impaired:
As a parent I understand that when your loved one, normally a child, gets a ticket or gets arrested for an underage possession of alcohol charge, you may have questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl7U95p98pw
Modified Transcript of “Developing Legal Theories in North Carolina” for the Hearing Impaired:
The truth is no two cases are exactly alike.
Modified Transcript of “Keeping Legal Secrets Secret” for the Hearing Impaired
Commentary by lawyers on public venues, such as on some social media, specifically about certain cases is just now allowed.
We’re just not allowed to disclose certain confidences and trust me there are times I wish we could because we can be a target for things.
Modified Transcript of “Honest Legal Answers in North Carolina” for Hearing Impaired:
I would not be a good lawyer if I didn’t tell you that a theory did not apply or that someone’s understanding of what they thought the law was doesn’t apply in North Carolina.
What may have been the law in New York is not necessarily the law in the land of North Carolina.
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