Legal Opinion
State v. Sparks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 7, 2008No. 160A07PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUDSON, Justice.
Here we review a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the trial court’s order granting, on double jeopardy grounds, defendant’s motion to dismiss the criminal charge of failing to register his change of address with the county sheriff as required by N.C.G.S. § 14-208.9. The majority in the Court of Appeals determined that the constitutional protections of double jeopardy do not apply to a post-release supervision and parole revocation hearing 1 (hereinafter, “post-release revocation hearing”) and that the revocation of post-release supervision (hereinafter,…
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