News Roundup
The Durham Herald Sun reported this week that felony charges against eight people allegedly involved in destroying a Confederate monument in downtown Durham last summer have been dismissed. The criminal […]
Terminal CRVs
The Justice Reinvestment Act created confinement in response to violation (CRV) as an alternative to revocation for technical violations (violations other than a new criminal offense or absconding). The theory […]
Theft, Possession, and Hendricksen
Defendant commits an armed robbery in county A, obtaining stolen goods that he transports to county B. May the defendant be prosecuted and punished for armed robbery in county A […]
Discovery of Officers’ Text Messages
More than a trillion text messages are sent each year in the United States alone. Some of these messages are work-related communications from law enforcement officers to fellow officers, witnesses, […]
News Roundup
The first week of the new year has been unusually cold and a mid-week winter storm created dangerous travel conditions across much of North Carolina. The Highway Patrol already had […]
Some Additional Thoughts on the New Cost and Fine Waiver Procedures
With the work of the court system picking up steam after its holiday pause—perhaps with an additional interruption for winter weather in some parts of the state (stay safe, everyone)—questions […]
Swatting: An Ill-Defined Crime with Potentially Deadly Consequences
I learned a new word on my drive home yesterday: swatting. Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, explained in this report that swatting occurs when a person falsely […]
Criminal Law Holiday Movies (You Might Be Surprised)
I’ve been saving this post for the holidays because it suits the season and, after a long break, it seemed like a good way to start back to work (at […]
News Roundup
On Monday morning, a man detonated a pipe bomb inside a subway corridor in New York, seriously injuring himself but, because the device malfunctioned, not causing serious harm to anyone […]
Adequate Notice of a Probation Violation: State v. Moore
When it comes to giving proper notice of a probation violation, what is the critical thing: identifying the condition actually violated, or describing the behavior constituting the violation? The supreme […]