…in non-appearance rates before and after implementation of reforms. First-Appearances Judicial District 21 already was affording all in-custody defendants a first appearance before a district court judge. As noted above,…
…New decision-making process for responding to non-appearances in District Court Stakeholders reported that the most common response to a non-appearance was issuance of an Order for Arrest and imposition of…
…appearance. Most defendants, in most districts, have lawyers appointed at a first appearance that takes place within a day or two of the initial appearance, and that’s very likely OK…
…increase in non-financial conditions of release, the counties experienced only a 1-2 percentage point increase in court non-appearance rates in 2019 as compared to 2018. Figure 3. Change in Non-Appearance…
…and a part-time psychologist who focuses on defendants under age 18. Timely First Appearances Orange County has first appearances daily (at 2 PM) for all defendants. Because they have been…
…to tell the magistrate, or doesn’t get worried about the situation until the initial appearance has passed? Given that G.S. 15A-534.3 refers to “an initial appearance or first appearance,” can…
…nutshell, first appearance “contract counsel” represent defendants at the first appearance. Covered defendants include those whose highest charge is a misdemeanor or Class H or I felony and those arrested…
Diverse teams of justice system stakeholders in New Hanover, Orange, and Robeson counties participated in the North Carolina Court Appearance Project, seeking to improve local court appearance rates and develop…
…proceeding. Application to Various Juvenile Proceedings First Appearance A first appearance is required in every delinquency proceeding in which a felony is alleged. G.S. 7B-1808. The first appearance can be…
…appearance. Because counsel typically isn’t appointed for an indigent defendant until the first appearance, counsel has had no time before then to meet with the defendant, obtain the defendant’s prior…
