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In September, the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission published the Driving While Impaired Convictions Statistical Report for Fiscal Year 2025 (hereinafter “the report”). The report provided detailed information […]
In a previous post, I wrote about the different types of sureties on a bail bond. As a quick recap, a surety is one who, along with the defendant, is […]
James Comey is back in the news. The United States Department of Justice has filed a criminal information against the former Director of the FBI accusing him of revealing sensitive […]
It is election season, so anything related to voting is big news. WRAL reports here that “[f]ederal prosecutors are accusing 18 people of being immigrants who illegally voted in North […]
In 2024, the United States Sentencing Commission amended the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to restrict the use of acquitted conduct. Under new U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3(c), relevant conduct “does not include conduct […]
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions released by the Supreme Court of North Carolina on October 23, 2026. A defendant who fled before sentencing violated an implied condition of […]
Can court records of juvenile delinquency adjudications be used to determine conditions of pretrial release in criminal cases? This question has come up more frequently since the requirement to consider […]
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on October 21, 2026. The trial court did not plainly err in admitting two statements […]
A new analysis of federal arrest data found that arrests for low-level offenses increased in 2025 even as violent crime rates continued to fall nationwide. According to the report, arrests […]
This is Part II of a two-part blog discussing changes in the law surrounding criminal gang activity and gang enhancements brought about by House Bill 1173, S.L. 2026-37, Jaleeyah’s Law. […]