News Roundup (May 1, 2026)
Joseph L. Hyde
A Greensboro, NC, police academy cadet has been charged with impersonating a police officer, per this story from local media. Maceo John Cannon, 20, allegedly confronted a woman about her […]
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May 1, 2026
A Greensboro, NC, police academy cadet has been charged with impersonating a police officer, per this story from local media. Maceo John Cannon, 20, allegedly confronted a woman about her […]
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In late March The Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS) instituted a new process for the appointment and payment of counsel for cases in which a juvenile between the ages […]
READ POST "Appointment of Counsel in First-Degree Murder Cases When the Accused is Age 13 – 17 (April 28, 2026)"April 24, 2026
A Fort Bragg solider stands accused of using confidential national security information to place lucrative bets on the ousting of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. According to this article, the […]
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This post summarizes published criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during March 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. […]
READ POST "Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (March 2026) (April 21, 2026)"April 17, 2026
Iryna’s Law Studies. The North Carolina Collaboratory recently issued its Preliminary Report on the Intersection of Mental Health and the Justice Systems for both Adults and Juveniles in North Carolina, […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 17, 2026)"April 13, 2026
In recent months, I have received several questions about what North Carolina’s cyberstalking statute covers and whether it may infringe on First Amendment free speech rights. This post addresses several […]
READ POST "Cyberstalking and Free Speech (April 13, 2026)"April 10, 2026
The television series Friends was a staple of my young adult life. So in 2022 when Matthew Perry published his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, I was […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 10, 2026)"April 9, 2026
In 2018, I wrote this post, https://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/2018/11/28/total-split-sentence-exposure/, about split sentences, examining the total limit on split sentence incarceration that a judge can order at sentencing and as a later modification […]
READ POST "Total Split Sentence Exposure, Revisited (April 9, 2026)"April 6, 2026
Several chapters in the criminal law and evidence sections of the Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook recently have been updated. Among those chapters is Indictments, written by Joe Hyde, which begins by noting […]
READ POST "Updated Chapters in the Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook (April 6, 2026)"March 27, 2026
Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against former Louisville officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, who had been accused of falsifying the warrant that preceded the 2020 police raid in […]
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