Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman (“Milberg”) has announced that Lucy Inman has joined the firm in its Raleigh, North Carolina office, where she will focus primarily on appellate cases as Senior Counsel. Ms. Inman served as a Superior Court judge in North Carolina from 2010 through 2014, presiding in trials and hearings in communities large .
Over the years since the parties first agreed that the defendant-Mother would have primary physical custody of their three daughters, the plaintiff-Father has been transferred by the Marines to a location outside the 100-mile radius contemplated by the agreement, but his new posting gives him a predictable, flexible work and home life, and he and .
The trial court’s explicit finding that respondent’s “second suicide attempt” was a “fact[] supporting involuntary commitment” did not state exactly when the suicide attempts occurred. Nevertheless, the evidence established that the first and second attempts occurred within six months and three weeks of the hearing, respectively. Thus, the trial court’s finding could only refer to .
In past cases, our Supreme Court has allowed cross-examination of a prosecution witness about the witness’s past mental health issues under N.C. R. Evid. 611(b); however, the Supreme Court has not eliminated a trial court’s discretion to conduct the balancing test set out in N.C. R. Evid. 403. Here, prosecution witness “Alicia” was 17 when .
After entering an Alford plea to multiple breaking and entering and theft charges, defendant was sentenced to prison. Thereafter, defendant filed at least 42 pro se motions requesting (1) production of a “stenographic transcript” and taped audio recording of his plea hearing, (2) the return to defendant of certain evidence seized pursuant to a search .