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If you’re reading this, we made it at least one more week before the robots take over. Here’s a look at the week’s criminal law news. Halligan, James, and Comey. […]

By now the last fiscal year is pretty far back in everyone’s rear view mirror. Nevertheless, I am excited to share the North Carolina Judicial College’s annual report for 2025-26. […]

This post summarizes criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during August of 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. […]

Automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, have been in the news lately. Most ALPRs are made by a company called Flock Safety and therefore commonly are called Flock cameras. This […]

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy case was in its seventh day of deliberations when we posted last week’s News Roundup. Later that day, the trial judge declared a mistrial; […]

Under G.S. 15A-1340.14(b)(6), an additional sentencing point applies “[i]f all the elements of the present offense are included in any prior offense for which the offender was convicted, whether or […]

A new Administration of Justice Bulletin on Money Laundering under G.S. 14-118.8 is now available here. I previously posted about the relatively new statutory offense here, and this bulletin expands […]

This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on September 2, 2026. Where there is insufficient evidence in the record to determine whether […]

As of this morning, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial remains deadlocked for the seventh day. Clancy, accused of killing her three children, faces charges including murder, second-degree murder, […]

The North Carolina Supreme Court held in State v. Farook, No. 457PA20-2, ___ N.C. ___ (August 14, 2026) (summarized here), that the proper analysis for most claims of ineffective assistance […]