Technical Corrections Act Clarifies New DWLR Law
Author’s Note: Question 2 of this post and its answer have been amended to accurately reflect the state of the law before it was amended in the 2015 session. Earlier this legislative […]
September 8, 2015
Teen “Sexting” Is a Problem, But Is It a Crime?
Last week, a local news outlet reported that the 17-year-old quarterback of a Cumberland County high school was benched when school officials learned he was under investigation for allegedly sending […]
September 2, 2015
Fake IDs and Criminal Consequences
Fake IDs were ever-present on campus when I was an undergraduate. There were several varieties: a “novelty” driver’s license obtained from a private vendor, a doctored version of the underage […]
August 11, 2015
Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency: What’s an Attorney To Do?
[Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the SOG’s civil law blog, On the Civil Side. Given its coverage of criminal law, we thought that it would be of interest to […]
August 5, 2015
Scuffling Over Merchandise
Here’s a fact pattern that comes up from time to time: Dan walks into a store, takes some merchandise, and leaves without paying for it. Eric, a store employee, sees […]
July 28, 2015
Habitual Habituals
North Carolina has a lot of habitual offender laws: habitual felon, violent habitual felon, armed habitual felon, habitual breaking and entering, habitual impaired driving, and habitual misdemeanor assault. A question […]
June 30, 2015
It’s Time to Register Your Moped
Beginning tomorrow, mopeds must be registered with the Division of Motor Vehicles to be lawfully operated on the state’s roadways. This post addresses several questions that have arisen regarding this […]
June 29, 2015
The North Carolina Criminal Self-Dealing Statute: Five Things You Should Know
My colleague Frayda Bluestein recently wrote a post with the above title on the School of Government’s local government blog. Her post begins as follows: In North Carolina, it is a […]
June 22, 2015
Cyberbullying Law Upheld Over First Amendment Challenge
The court of appeals just upheld North Carolina’s cyberbullying statute over a First Amendment challenge. The result is especially noteworthy because it contrasts with a ruling last year in a […]
June 16, 2015
The DWI Year in Review, Part I
Don’t call the School of Government next week. We’ll all be out. Next week is conference-time for many of the court officials we serve, and we will be traversing the state (driving […]
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