Episode 24: McCall, Council, and Wright

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Episode 24: McCall, Council, and Wright

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In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by North Carolina appellate courts on August 20 and 22, 2025. In State v. McCall, COA24-779 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 20, 2025), the Court of Appeals held that the State may use evidence of the defendant’s pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence of guilt if silence does not implicate the defendant’s unwillingness to speak with law enforcement. In State v. Council, No. COA25-78 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 20, 2025), the Court of Appeals concluded that an indictment for felony injury to property to obtain nonferrous metals was not jurisdictionally defective despite omission of any allegation as to the value of the property damage. And in State v. Wright, No. 258PA23 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s finding that the defendant voluntarily consented to a search of his backpack.