News Roundup
Jamie Markham
Iryna’s Law Studies. The North Carolina Collaboratory recently issued its Preliminary Report on the Intersection of Mental Health and the Justice Systems for both Adults and Juveniles in North Carolina, […]
Artificial Intelligence, Local Orders, and the Courts
Shea Denning
A few years ago, T-shirts and coffee mugs with the phrase “Please do not confuse your Google search with my law degree,” were making the rounds. What simpler times those […]
Time’s Arrow: Does McLymore’s Causal Nexus Requirement Have a Temporal Component?
Joseph L. Hyde
The statutory right to use deadly force in self-defense is not available to one who was committing a felony. G.S. 14-51.4(1). In State v. McLymore, 380 N.C. 185 (2022), the […]
Cyberstalking and Free Speech
Jeff Welty
In recent months, I have received several questions about what North Carolina’s cyberstalking statute covers and whether it may infringe on First Amendment free speech rights. This post addresses several […]
News Roundup
Shea Denning
The television series Friends was a staple of my young adult life. So in 2022 when Matthew Perry published his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, I was […]
Total Split Sentence Exposure, Revisited
Jamie Markham
In 2018, I wrote this post, https://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/2018/11/28/total-split-sentence-exposure/, about split sentences, examining the total limit on split sentence incarceration that a judge can order at sentencing and as a later modification […]
Extradition Basics: Fugitive Warrants and Governor’s Warrants
Brittany Bromell
Extradition is the procedure by which a person who has committed a crime in one state, escaped from custody in one state, or violated probation, parole or post-release supervision imposed […]
Updated Chapters in the Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook
Shea Denning
Several chapters in the criminal law and evidence sections of the Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook recently have been updated. Among those chapters is Indictments, written by Joe Hyde, which begins by noting […]
Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (April 1, 2026)
Shea Denning
This post summarizes published criminal law opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on April 1, 2026. (1) Evidence was sufficient to support charges of attempted murder and […]
Developments in Roadside Drug Testing
Belal Elrahal
Earlier this year, I attended the North Carolina Oral Fluid Summit sponsored by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility. The focus of the Summit […]