North Carolina Criminal Law

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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This post summarizes published criminal opinions by the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on October 6, 2020.

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WLOS reported this week that the Macon County Sheriff’s Office has been identified as a COVID-19 cluster after multiple employees tested positive for the virus.  In a statement posted to […]

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This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court on September 25, 2020.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last Friday at her home in Washington at age 87.  Ginsburg served on the Court for 27 years after being nominated by […]

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A federal court Consent Order has been entered in the Alamance County bail litigation. The relief granted in that order and the county’s new local bail and first appearance policies […]

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Two changes in the law have led to a new phenomenon—the need for youth under the age of 18 to satisfy conditions of pretrial release while being confined in a […]

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On Tuesday, the city of Louisville announced a settlement agreement in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police […]

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This post summarizes an opinion issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on September 15, 2020.

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This post summarizes criminal law and related opinions decided during August 2020 by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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