News Roundup
The shooting death of Andrew Walker by an off-duty Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy has drawn significant attention this week. Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin told ABC 11 that in his opinion […]
January 12, 2022
New Criminal Charging Metric on the Measuring Justice Dashboard
As blog readers know, the UNC School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab has been developing a Measuring Justice Dashboard. Last year we released our Dashboard first metrics: Citation v. […]
January 10, 2022
The State Budget Act Amends the Term of Office for Appointed District Court Judges
It is a new year, and there are new rules for determining the term of office for a district court judge appointed to fill a vacancy.
January 7, 2022
News Roundup
Yesterday was the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol where American citizens violently assaulted law enforcement officers and injured government property while storming the building […]
January 4, 2022
State v. Dew: Multiple Assault Offenses and Distinct Interruptions
Happy New Year, everyone. Around this time last year, I blogged about the decades-long question surrounding assault in our state: when do multiple physical acts constitute one continuing assault offense […]
December 23, 2021
Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Dec. 21, 2021)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on December 21, 2021. As always, these summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, […]
December 17, 2021
News Roundup
WLOS reports that North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin E. Glenn was shot on Tuesday while deploying stop sticks in an effort to end a motor vehicle chase. Fortunately, Glenn’s […]
December 15, 2021
2021 Criminal Legislative Summaries Now Available
In this earlier blog post, I provided a then-current overview of criminal law and related legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly this legislative session. Since then, there have […]
December 10, 2021
News Roundup
The Detroit Free Press reports that a $100 million federal civil lawsuit has been filed against the Michigan school district where a high school student killed four of his peers […]
December 3, 2021
News Roundup
The nation was again confronted with the recurring tragedy of a school shooting when a 15-year-old sophomore at a Michigan high school killed four of his peers and seriously injured […]
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