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Raleigh city leaders are considering a juvenile curfew and other public-safety measures after an estimated 8,000 young people gathered in the Briar Creek and Glenwood South areas during Fourth of […]

There are two different types of probation extensions. They are set out in different statutes. And they can be confusing. Ordinary extensions. Under G.S. 15A-1344(d), probation may be extended at […]

Last month, the General Assembly overrode several gubernatorial vetoes that had been sitting for over a year. Among those overrides was Senate Bill 153, which is now chaptered as Session […]

Trial court did not err by failing to intervene in prosecutor’s closing argument; trial court did not err by declining to instruct on assault inflicting serious injury as a lesser […]

This post summarizes two recent decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States. A state law prohibiting individuals from carrying guns onto private property without the express approval of […]

For implied consent offenses, pretrial motions to suppress evidence and/or dismiss the case must be made pretrial, according to and in accordance with G.S. 20-38.6. Broadly speaking, this requires the […]

The North Carolina Supreme Court recently decided two cases considering the impact of legal cannabis on probable cause. In State v. Dobson, No. 190PA24, ___ N.C. ___; 929 S.E.2d 315 […]

This post summarizes the U.S. v. Hemani decision released by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2026. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), barring firearm possession by unlawful users of controlled […]

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 […]