North Carolina Criminal Law Blog

I intended to have a deep, substantive post ready for today.  But in the press of holiday preparations, I didn’t complete it — and in any case, there’s been some […]

The court of appeals issued a batch of opinions this week, at least two of which are absolutely fascinating and will be featured on this blog next week. But those […]

As always, the past week has seen a tremendous amount of interesting criminal law news.  Nationally, the story that has drawn the most attention is the conclusion of the Stephen […]

The biggest news of the past week was, of course, the election. Results for judicial and district attorney races are available here from the State Board of elections. (You have […]

Normally, a law enforcement officer will attempt to develop reasonable suspicion before instructing a person to stop. But what if the officer does not have reasonable suspicion at that point, […]

In a previous news roundup, I posted an item about how to write like Chief Justice Roberts. But sometimes a negative example can be as useful as a positive one. […]

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It was an absolutely fascinating news week. Among the noteworthy stories: 1. In Graham v. Florida, discussed here, the United States Supreme Court held that it is cruel and unusual […]

I’ve been involved in the North Carolina Bar Association for a number of years, and this year, I’m the chair of the Criminal Justice Section. My work with the NCBA […]

My favorite story this week is this report about a proposed ordinance in East Laurinburg. The ordinance “would charge people with indecent exposure if the top of their pants or skirt […]