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State Supreme Court to take up case of former trooper’s ‘good moral character’

North Carolina’s highest court will take up a dispute involving the law enforcement recertification of a fired state trooper. A state commission wants to block the recertification. It claims former trooper Maurice Devalle lacks “good moral character.”

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Federal NC redistricting lawsuits officially scheduled for June 2025 trial

Two federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election maps will head to trial in June 2025 in Winston-Salem. Neither case will affect this year’s elections. The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued a notice Thursday announcing a June 16, 2025, bench trial date for Williams v. Hall and North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Berger.

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State Supreme Court will consider $600 million dispute involving Lindberg

Less than a month after a federal jury found former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg guilty for a second time in a bribery and fraud case, Lindberg learned Thursday that the state’s highest court will take up a separate dispute listing him as a defendant.

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State’s high court will take up teen’s forced COVID vaccination case

The North Carolina Supreme Court will consider the case of a Guilford County teenager who was vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2021 despite his objections and without parental consent. A court order Thursday confirmed that the high court will take up the case of Tanner Smith, who was 14 when he faced the forced vaccination.

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State Supreme Court rejects new murder trial for Wake homeowner

The North Carolina Supreme Court will not grant a new trial to a Wake County man convicted of murder after he shot and killed another man who was walking through his yard in 2016. Chad Cameron Copley had argued that the prosecutor’s closing statements and the court’s jury instructions in his case tainted his conviction.

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