New Extradition Manual Now Available
A new edition of the State of North Carolina Extradition Manual is now available. Although international extradition gets all the media attention — and is the subject of this blog post […]
September 18, 2013
Imposing Fees for Forensic Expert Testimony — Is It Constitutional?
Tucked into the 2013 North Carolina budget bill is a provision imposing new court costs for expert witnesses who testify about chemical or forensic analyses at trial. Specifically, the new […]
September 12, 2013
What Are Permissible Discovery Sanctions Against the Defendant?
In State v. Cooper, issued last week, the Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction for first-degree murder of his wife and ordered a new trial. The case has drawn […]
September 9, 2013
New Law Regarding Disposal of Seized Guns
When the police seize a gun in the course of an investigation, what becomes of it after any resulting court case concludes? A recent legislative enactment has changed the most […]
August 19, 2013
NC Court Takes a Restrictive View of “Significant Change in the Law” MARs
In a bulletin here I wrote about NC’s procedure for post-conviction motions for appropriate relief (MARs). Among other things, that bulletin explains the types of claims that can be raised […]
August 14, 2013
Changes in Federal Drug Prosecutions — Spillover in State Court?
Earlier this week, United States Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking to American Bar Association, announced a policy change in how drug cases will be charged in federal court. This post […]
August 7, 2013
Is the DEA Using NSA Warrantless Surveillance Data in Domestic Drug Investigations?
Maybe so, according to a recent Reuters report. Apparently, the Special Operations Division of the DEA receives information from the NSA and passes it to DEA field agents. The agents […]
August 1, 2013
Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking: The Fifth Circuit Weighs In
I wrote here about how law enforcement officers may obtain historical information about the location of a suspect’s cellular phone. There have been several developments in the law since then, […]
July 30, 2013
No More Appeals for Infractions?
S 182 is on the Governor’s desk. It is entitled in part “An Act to Eliminate Appeals for Infractions.” The bill also does some other things, but the focus of […]
July 23, 2013
Misdemeanor Reclassification, the Right to Counsel, and the Budget
The legislature has agreed on a budget, and it contains some provisions that will impact misdemeanor sentencing and the appointment of counsel — potentially in tens of thousands of cases […]
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