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A Greensboro, NC, police academy cadet has been charged with impersonating a police officer, per this story from local media. Maceo John Cannon, 20, allegedly confronted a woman about her […]

In late March The Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS) instituted a new process for the appointment and payment of counsel for cases in which a juvenile between the ages […]

A Fort Bragg solider stands accused of using confidential national security information to place lucrative bets on the ousting of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. According to this article, the […]

As I mentioned last month, Timothy Heinle and I are nearing completion of an updated Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook chapter on Evidence Issues in Criminal Cases Involving Child Victims and […]

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

This post summaries the published opinions in criminal cases issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on April 15, 2026. Sufficient evidence supported denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]