News Roundup
There was notable criminal law legislation in the General Assembly this week where lawmakers unanimously passed the North Carolina First Step Act and the Second Chance Act. As the News […]
Case Summaries – North Carolina Court of Appeals (June 16, 2020)
This post summarizes published criminal cases issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on June 16, 2020. As always, these summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, […]
Graphic Novels in Spanish
The School’s two graphic novels about how sentences are served have been translated into Spanish.
Summer 2020 Hemp Update
On Thursday, June 4, 2020, the North Carolina General Assembly passed S.B. 315, referred to as the State Farm Bill, which was subsequently signed into law by the Governor. The […]
Case Summary – U.S. Supreme Court (June 15, 2020)
This post summarizes an opinion issued by the United States Supreme Court on June 15, 2020.
News Roundup
WRAL reports that in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the police departments in Raleigh, Durham, and Fayetteville generally are adopting policies consistent […]
Felony Murder: Limits of Agency
Under the felony murder rule, a death that occurs as the proximate result of the commission or attempted commission of another qualifying crime (robbery, kidnapping, felony involving use of a […]
Quick Reference Guide to Orders from the Chief Justice and the North Carolina Supreme Court Related to COVID-19
[This post originally appeared on the School of Government’s civil law blog.] Since the start of the pandemic, the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North […]
Case Summaries – N.C. Supreme Court (June 5, 2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Supreme Court of North Carolina on June 5, 2020.
Detailed North Carolina Statewide & County-Level Criminal Charging Data
We previously reported on North Carolina state and county-level criminal charging data. In our earlier report (here) we provided data on charges, charged defendants and charged cases for felonies and […]