Episode 15: Fenner, Capps, and Ervin

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Episode 15: Fenner, Capps, and Ervin

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In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Appellate Courts in March and April 2025. In State v. Fenner, 289PA23 (N.C. Mar. 21, 2025), the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the trial court complied with the colloquy required by G.S. 15A-1242 despite a mistake in calculating the range of permissible punishments. In State v. Capps, COA24-653 (N.C. Ct. App. April 2, 2025), the Court of Appeals found sufficient evidence of the defendant’s constructive possession of a stolen camper. And in State v. Ervin, COA24-650 (N.C. Ct. App. April 2, 2025), the Court of Appeals found no prejudicial error in the defendant’s trial for first-degree murder where any error in the prosecutor’s closing argument was cured by the jury instruction, and there was no error in the exclusion of evidence that the victim was in a gang.