Case Summaries — North Carolina Court of Appeals (August 4, 2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on August 4, 2020.
August 5, 2020
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on August 4, 2020.
August 4, 2020
Yesterday, Mary Pollard began work as just the third Executive Director of the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS), which began its work two decades ago in 2000. […]
July 31, 2020
A fatal officer involved shooting in Roxboro last Friday has been in the news this week, setting off several days of demonstrations in the city and generating divided opinions about […]
July 28, 2020
Many people assumed that the implementation of raise the age on December 1, 2019 meant the end of confinement of anyone under 18 in a jail. That was not the […]
July 24, 2020
Clashes between federal law enforcement agents and protesters in Portland, Oregon, have been major national news this week after reports emerged that, in addition to extensive use of tear gas, […]
July 24, 2020
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on July 21, 2020.
July 22, 2020
2020 has so far seen several court opinions addressing racial discrimination in criminal cases in one way or another. A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court in Ramos v. Louisiana, […]
July 21, 2020
We previously shared data on jail occupancy in North Carolina for 2018 (here) and 2019 (here). Responding to requests for information regarding changes in jail populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
July 17, 2020
Last week the News Roundup noted that the U.S. Department of Justice was set to resume executions of death row inmates following a 17-year hiatus. After the Supreme Court lifted […]
July 16, 2020
This post summaries published criminal and related decisions decided by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in June, 2020.