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I was late in putting together this roundup, which enabled me to include news that just broke today: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton pled guilty this morning to illegally […]

A common issue that comes up in public defender offices is whether an attorney can ethically represent a particular client when a victim or witness in the current case is […]

Among the Juvenile Code provisions that distinguish juvenile delinquency cases from criminal cases are the statutes that explicitly tie mental health assessments and access to mental health treatment to the […]

In a case involving charges of flee to elude, the trial court did not err in admitting for impeachment purposes evidence concerning another incident in which the defendant may have […]

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to allow review in a case asking whether the U.S. Constitution permits a defendant to be convicted by a jury of fewer than twelve. […]

In a pair of recent cases, the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed jurisdictional issues related to the prosecution of misdemeanors and the adjudication of infractions in superior court. In […]

If a person has a felony conviction, then gets it expunged, may the conviction nonetheless be used as a prior conviction to support a habitual felon charge? No reported appellate […]

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

Shea covered the recent escapes of two inmates from the Vance County Detention Center. On the lam since June 3, the pair were apprehended without incident on Tuesday this week […]

Darcy lives in North Carolina. Upon learning about an upcoming music festival in California, Darcy creates realistic, high-quality digital replicas of the festival’s VIP wristband passes and PDF tickets. She […]