Legal Opinion
Strickland v. University of North Carolina
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 19, 2011No. COA10-1589PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Judge.
On 1 December 2006, Peyton Brooks Strickland (“Strickland”) was killed in his residence by a member of the New Hanover County Emergency Response Team (the “ERT”). The ERT was serving a warrant for Strickland’s arrest when a member of the ERT mistook the noise of a battering ram hitting the door of Strickland’s residence for the sound of gunfire and discharged his weapon through Strickland’s front door, mortally wounding Strickland.
The ERT had been deployed to serve Strickland’s arrest warrant by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department (“Sheriff’s Department”) after the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Stone v. North Carolina Department of LaborSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
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