North Carolina Criminal Law

Like everyone else, our work at the School of Government has been altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. We have written, and will continue to write, about executive orders from the […]

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The novel coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the lives of all Americans in the space of just a week.  Shea and Jamie blogged on Monday about limitations on court proceedings […]

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This post summarizes the published criminal cases from the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued on March 17, 2020.

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On Friday, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley entered two emergency directives to reduce the spread of infection from COVID-19. On Saturday, Governor Roy Cooper entered an executive order prohibiting mass gatherings […]

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On Tuesday, an officer-involved shooting in Raleigh set off protests in the city that were fueled in part by social media postings in the immediate hours after the event.  A […]

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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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