Update on Emergency Directives
During the COVID-19 outbreak, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has exercised her authority under G.S. 7A-39(b)(2) to issue orders imposing 22 emergency directives to ensure the continuing operation of the courts. […]
Race and Ethnicity in Juvenile Justice: North Carolina’s Numbers
With the work of the Governor’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice under way, it is timely to consider the issue of racial equity in the juvenile justice […]
News Roundup
The criminal cases against Greg Lindberg and Robin Hayes arising from their attempt to bribe State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to give favorable treatment to Lindberg’s insurance business have been […]
Case Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (August 18, 2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on August 18, 2020.
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 […]