Episode 25: Powell, Watkins, and Quiterio-Morrison

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Episode 25: Powell, Watkins, and Quiterio-Morrison

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In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on September 3, 2025. In State v. Powell, No. COA24-556 (N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2025), the Court of Appeals awarded the defendant a new trial when the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on lesser-included offenses given evidence of the defendant’s voluntary intoxication. In State v. Watkins, No. COA24-1056 (N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2025), the Court of Appeals held the trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion to suppress when the challenged search warrant established a nexus between the defendant’s car and the alleged criminal activity. And in State v. Quiterio-Morrison, No. COA24-955 (N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2025), the Court of Appeals found no error in the exclusion of hearsay evidence as a statement against interest when the defendant failed to show that the declarant was unavailable to testify under Evidence Rule 804.