Case Summaries – N.C. Supreme Court (August 14, 2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Supreme Court of North Carolina on August 14, 2020.
Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (July 2020)
This post summarizes published criminal law and related decisions from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in July, 2020.
Welcome, Brittany Williams!
The School of Government and North Carolina Judicial College are excited to announce that Brittany Williams has joined our faculty to work in the field of criminal law.
News Roundup
Next week, from Wednesday to Friday, the School of Government is virtually hosting the Public Defender Attorney and Investigator Conference. The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Indigent Defense […]
Nonautomatic Sex Offender Registration
For the most part, if a defendant is convicted of a crime included in the list of reportable offenses, the defendant must register. But some crimes require registration only if […]
Update: COVID-19 and State Habeas Corpus
In an earlier bulletin, I discussed the possibility that state habeas petitions could emerge as a remedy for medically vulnerable prisoners in North Carolina, as they have in other states […]
Holding or Dicta?
In the comments to a blog post I wrote about using unpublished cases, one reader suggested a follow-up topic: “Should do an article on dicta; what is it and is […]
Fielding a Few Questions About License Revocations for Failure to Appear and Comply
I wrote last week about the expiration of emergency orders that had temporarily halted clerks from reporting to DMV a person’s failure to appear or to pay monies owed in […]
News Roundup
As the Winston-Salem Journal reports, the death of John Neville at the Forsyth County Detention Center continued to animate calls for justice and accountability in Winston-Salem this week after surveillance […]
What Is a Sexual Act?
What acts qualify as sexual acts? For North Carolina criminal law purposes, it depends on the context.