Comments on: News Roundup http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3963 UNC School of Government Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:57:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Patiently Waiting http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3963&cpage=1#comment-11828 Patiently Waiting Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:30:16 +0000 http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3963#comment-11828 I had been holding out hope that a computer gliche was responsible for the absence of new Supreme Court opinions and petition rulings on Friday, esp. since during the day on Friday, the Court’s site went down at least once (which I thought might have signaled updates were being made to the site…apparently not). Is there any indication why there will be no rulings on anything until Dec 14 (the date stated on the petitions page)? Assuming Dec 14 is the next and last ruling date of the year, that means there were only 7 opinion dates all year, the fewest since 2008. I understand the CoA gets the nickname “The Working Court,” but stereotypes often find some factual underpinning. Using the dates listed on http://appellate.nccourts.org/petitions.php, there has been a sharp decline in opinion dates of late. Excluding calendar year 2006 (since Parker became CJ in February of that year), the SCt has averaged only 7.7 opinion dates per year during the time Parker has been CJ (if 2006 is counted, the number goes up since there were 9 opinion dates in those 11 months). From 1997-2005, the SCt averaged 10 opinion dates per year. Check my math…I could be wrong…but there really seems to be a significant drop in opinion dates.

]]> By: Donna http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3963&cpage=1#comment-11786 Donna Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:49:31 +0000 http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3963#comment-11786 How did Judge Jacqueline Brewer, a democrat manage to run unchallenged in Wake County Dist. 10 ballot? In the General Election, there should have been a republican challenger.

And The NC State Bar and the NC Board of Elections ignored the fact that Brewer, a district court judge, told Indy Week in 2008 that she is a trial judge, and that NC has no speedy trial statute. (Both statements are incorrect). Per NCGS 7A-196, there shall be no jury trials in district court, and per NCGS 15A-606, a probable cause hearing is supposed to be demanded or waived by a defendant in district court within 21 days of their first appearance.

Brewer has been holding unlawful jury trials in district court since 2008, thereby obstructing justice for hundreds of people. I reported Brewer’s crime to the NC State Bar, the NC Board of Elections, and the judicial standards commission and DA Willoughby. They all did nothing.

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