Triple Testimony: Expert Witness, Fact Witness, and Lay Opinion
Like most of the rest of the country, I followed the recent confirmation hearings for Judge (now Justice) Kavanaugh with great interest. As the readers of this blog already know, […]
October 9, 2018
Procedural Fairness: How to Do It and Why It Matters
More than 200 district court judges from districts across North Carolina convened last week for their semiannual conference. Much of the continuing education agenda was dedicated to informing judges about […]
October 3, 2018
Is the Statute of Limitations Jurisdictional or Waivable?
Last week, I blogged about the lack of a statute of limitations for felony offenses in North Carolina. There is, of course, a two-year statute of limitations for misdemeanors, a […]
September 27, 2018
A Short Brief on Representation by Counsel in the UK
Our trip to Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court in London, did not disappoint. It is physically stunning, a collection of beautiful courtyards and historic buildings. As […]
September 27, 2018
What’s the Statute of Limitations for a Felony in NC?
An experienced attorney from another state recently remarked on her surprise at learning that there was no statute of limitations barring the prosecution of felony offenses in North Carolina after […]
September 24, 2018
Eleventh Circuit Weighs in on the Constitutional Parameters for Bail Systems
Interest in bail reform is heating up in North Carolina. The Chief Justice’s North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice recommended implementing evidence-based pretrial justice reform, and […]
September 20, 2018
The Old Bailey: A Typical Trial Docket in an Atypical Setting
Earlier this week, the students and I spent the afternoon at Central Criminal Court in London, formerly called the Old Bailey and located at the intersection of Old Bailey and […]
September 11, 2018
Unpublished Cases: What’s the Law?
As far as I know, July 21, 2015, was a pretty normal day at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The court published around a dozen opinions. Most of them […]
August 27, 2018
State v. Hobson and the Presentment Controversy
Presentments have been a hot topic lately and the court of appeals just issued a decision involving a presentment. This post explains the controversy and the significance of the recent […]
August 20, 2018
Turner Reversed
Last week, the state supreme court unanimously reversed State v. Turner, __ N.C. App. __, 793 S.E.2d 287 (2016), and held that any “any criminal pleading that establishes jurisdiction in […]
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