Hunter Murphy News Today

A North Carolina appeals court has thrown out the conviction of a man living in his car for having a gun within his vehicle in a parking lot for a university hospital where he went for emergency medical care.

An appeals court said a North Carolina man living in his car was wrongfully convicted when he parked near UNC Hospitals in 2021.

An Orange County jury in 2022 found Joseph John Radomski III guilty of firearm possession near the hospital on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of a homeless man who kept guns in his car while seeking kidney treatment at UNC Hospitals in 2021. Appellate judges agreed the state law used to convict Joseph John Radomski III unconstitutionally restricted his Second Amendment rights.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man living in his car was wrongfully convicted of having a semiautomatic weapon when he parked outside a university hospital and sought emergency medical care, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Currituck County and its Tourism Development Authority want North Carolina’s highest court to consider a dispute involving local occupancy taxes. The state Court of Appeals ruled against the county in March.

Police could once use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search a vehicle. Now that hemp is legal, the system faces a quandary.

Law-enforcement officers could once use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search. Now hemp is legal, and the smells are the same.

NORTH CAROLINA — Judicial elections often receive less attention than other races, but like their legislative and executive counterparts, judges are required to…

NORTH CAROLINA — Judicial elections often receive less attention than other races, but like their legislative and executive counterparts, judges are required to…