North Carolina Criminal Law

This week Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  Barrett took the Constitutional Oath, administered by Justice Thomas, in an evening […]

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Much of our work at the School of Government is focused on creating educational materials for professionals who work in North Carolina’s juvenile court—especially judges and attorneys. We want to […]

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This week the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Purdue Pharma will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges related to the company’s distribution of its opioid painkiller OxyContin.  The […]

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This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on October 20, 2020.

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We have issued a series of reports on North Carolina state and county-level jail occupancy rates, including one in July 2020 focusing on changes in jail occupancy rates during the […]

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This post summarizes published criminal and related decisions from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in September, 2020.

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Update: These directives were renewed by an order entered November 16, 2020.  They now expire December 14, 2020.   Chief Justice Cheri Beasley entered an omnibus order on Thursday, October 15, […]

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The 2020 Cumulative Supplement to Arrest, Search, and Investigation in North Carolina, written by Robert L. Farb and Christopher Tyner, is now available for purchase. The supplement updates Arrest, Search, […]

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The Senate Judiciary Committee held four days of hearings this week on President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The committee is expected to approve […]

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Yesterday afternoon, federal and state officials announced that 13 men had been arrested and charged with various criminal offenses arising from plots to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, kill law […]

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