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If you’re reading this, we made it at least one more week before the robots take over. Here’s a look at the week’s criminal law news. Halligan, James, and Comey. […]

By now the last fiscal year is pretty far back in everyone’s rear view mirror. Nevertheless, I am excited to share the North Carolina Judicial College’s annual report for 2025-26. […]

Automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, have been in the news lately. Most ALPRs are made by a company called Flock Safety and therefore commonly are called Flock cameras. This […]

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy case was in its seventh day of deliberations when we posted last week’s News Roundup. Later that day, the trial judge declared a mistrial; […]

Under G.S. 15A-1340.14(b)(6), an additional sentencing point applies “[i]f all the elements of the present offense are included in any prior offense for which the offender was convicted, whether or […]

A new Administration of Justice Bulletin on Money Laundering under G.S. 14-118.8 is now available here. I previously posted about the relatively new statutory offense here, and this bulletin expands […]

As of this morning, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial remains deadlocked for the seventh day. Clancy, accused of killing her three children, faces charges including murder, second-degree murder, […]

The North Carolina Supreme Court held in State v. Farook, No. 457PA20-2, ___ N.C. ___ (August 14, 2026) (summarized here), that the proper analysis for most claims of ineffective assistance […]

In Part I of this two-part series, I discussed the significance of the Boxes 1-6 in the “findings” section of the AOC-CR-200 form (Conditions Of Release And Release Order). This […]

When a person is arrested for a criminal offense, the judicial official authorizing pretrial release must issue an appropriate order containing a statement of the conditions imposed. G.S. 15A-534(d). This […]