March 23, 2017
The School of Government is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy institution. That’s a tradition I take seriously. If you can find something in the nearly 400 blog posts I’ve written here since […]
March 22, 2017
This blog is full of posts about the laws governing sentencing for misdemeanor DWI. Until now, however, I haven’t written much about how DWIs are actually sentenced. That’s because I […]
March 16, 2017
When, if ever, must a person register as a sex offender in North Carolina because of a juvenile adjudication from another state?
March 9, 2017
I can’t be the only one who has a tough time keeping track of what sanctions are permissible in response to different types of probation violations in different types of […]
March 2, 2017
In North Carolina, probationers, post-release supervisees, and parolees are subject to warrantless searches—sometimes by a probation-parole officer, sometimes by law enforcement officers. The statutory conditions that apply to each type […]
February 23, 2017
When a person has pretrial jail credit shared between multiple charges, and those charges result in consecutive sentences, the shared jail credit gets applied only once. Does it matter which […]
February 17, 2017
The Administrative Office of the Courts recently submitted two reports on criminal cost waivers to the General Assembly. The first report covers court cost waivers under G.S. 7A-304(a). The other […]
February 2, 2017
What’s a structured intervention worksheet? What’s a Carey Guide? And what do judges and lawyers need to know about those things to interface with Probation effectively?
January 27, 2017
When a defendant is convicted of a reportable sex crime, someone is required to give him or her notice of the duty to register. Who does it depends on whether […]
January 19, 2017
Can a court respond to the same offending behavior by a probationer more than once?