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The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Feb. 2 in a case that could determine the future of felon voting in North Carolina. It’s among the first cases that will be considered by the court’s new 5-2 Republican majority.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling favoring the Graham Police Department in its dispute with media outlets over access to law enforcement recordings of an October 2020 protest. The decision reverses a trial judge’s June 2021 ruling.

The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of a dispute over removal of a Confederate monument in Asheville. In orders issued Friday, the court blocked an April ruling from the state Appeals Court and agreed to review the case.

In Tuesday's 2022 midterm elections, Republican candidates came out ahead in the state's six statewide judicial races. On the ballot were two seats on the N.C. Supreme Court and four seats on the state Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court wins shift the bench from leaning Democrat to leaning Republican. The new court will be

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Although illegal marijuana and lawful hemp look and smell the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Although illegal marijuana and lawful hemp look and smell the same, criminal prosecution for pot in North Carolina can still be legitimate when sight or odor contributes to a warrantless search and seizure, the state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

A three-judge panel found no errors of the trial judge and attorney for Derek Edwin Highsmith, who was convicted last year of felony marijuana possession stemming from a Duplin County traffic stop in 2017. He was sentenced to a maximum of a little over four years in prison.

The N.C. Court of Appeals plans to increase transparency related to its work next week. In a policy change that takes effect Monday, the court will share more information about its responses to petitions.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling favoring the town of Wake Forest in its legal dispute over construction of a new charter school. But some state lawmakers want to make it more difficult for local governments to stand in the way of new charter schools.

Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly are asking the state's full Court of Appeals to temporarily block a ruling allowing certain felony offenders to vote while they appeal the case.