Habitualized Sex Crimes
Suppose a defendant is convicted of a Class F–I felony that requires registration as a sex offender. He is also convicted as a habitual felon. When sentencing the defendant as […]
News Roundup
A divided North Carolina Supreme Court decided State v. Packingham last Friday, upholding the statutory ban on registered sex offenders using social networking websites that allow minors to join. G.S. […]
Is Paddling a Student a Crime?
On the first day of elementary school each year, our teacher displayed her paddle, which was wooden with a short, solid handle. The paddle portion had holes drilled through its […]
Is Involuntary Manslaughter a Lesser of Second-Degree Murder by Drug Overdose?
I’ll save you the suspense: Yes. Read on for an explanation.
Revised Place of Confinement Chart
Today’s post shares a revised chart for determining the proper place of confinement for a criminal conviction. The chart is available here.
News Roundup
Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones, the Chair of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, was arrested this week and charged in federal court with bribery and related offenses. WRAL reports […]
Three-Year Review of Probation
When a probationer has served three years of a probationary period greater than three years, the probation officer is required to bring the case before the court for a mandatory […]
Changes to Jury Waiver Procedures
This session, the General Assembly amended G.S. 15A-1201, which sets out the procedures for waiving a jury trial in superior court. S.L. 2015-289. This post summarizes the changes.
New Revenge Porn Crime
The General Assembly recently enacted a new “revenge porn” statute. S.L. 2015-250. The law actually gives the offense a tamer name: Disclosure of Private Images. The statute takes effect December […]
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Just about anyone who was a student at Carolina in 1995 remembers where they were on January 26 of that year when they heard that a gunman carrying a World-War-II-era […]