North Carolina Criminal Law

This post summarizes a criminal case from the United States Supreme Court from March 3, 2020.

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The News & Observer reports that this week a federal jury in Charlotte convicted Greg Lindberg of attempting to bribe State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to give favorable treatment to […]

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This post summarizes cases from the North Carolina Court of Appeals from March 3, 2020.

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This post summarizes cases from the North Carolina Supreme Court from February 28, 2020.

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As the Associated Press reports, movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted by a jury in New York this week of rape and sexual assault offenses against two women.  The verdicts, […]

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This post summarizes cases from the U.S. Supreme Court from February 25, 2020.

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I continue to receive questions about transferring from juvenile to criminal superior court cases involving allegations that 16-and 17-year-olds have engaged in certain criminal conduct. Recently I’ve been asked about […]

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Criminal justice issues continued to capture the national news spotlight this week.  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump granted clemency to eleven people, including former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and former […]

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the School of Government from swift completion of their case summaries. This post summarizes opinions issued by the North […]

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As the New York Times reports, the major criminal law news of the week was the sudden withdrawal of four federal prosecutors from Roger Stone’s criminal case after senior Justice […]

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