Smith's Criminal Case Compendium
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State v. Miller, 81A24, ___ N.C. ___ (Mar. 21, 2025)
In this Henderson County case, the Supreme Court affirmed per curiam the Court of Appeals decision State v. Miller, 292 N.C. App. 519 (2024), where the majority held that hydrocodone, an opioid, qualified as an “opiate” for purposes of G.S. 90-95(h)(4) at the time of the offense, supporting defendant’s conviction.