Episode 18: Chambers, Bowman, and Joyner

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Episode 18: Chambers, Bowman, and Joyner

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In this episode, Hyde and Holbrook discuss three cases decided by the North Carolina Appellate Courts in May 2025. In State v. Chambers, No. 56PA24 (N.C. May 23, 2025), the Supreme Court held that substitution of a juror after deliberations have begun (per G.S. 15A-1215(a)) does not violate a defendant’s state constitutional right to a unanimous jury. In State v. Bowman, No. 49A24 (N.C. May 23, 2025), the Supreme Court held that the trial court’s disjunctive instruction on the elements of first-degree forcible sexual offense did not violate the defendant’s right to a unanimous verdict. And in State v. Joyner, COA24-438 (N.C. Ct. App. May 21, 2025), the Court of Appeals held the State sufficiently authenticated evidence of cell phone data though the testimony of the officer who conducted the forensic download.