Prior Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
It’s December 1. That means a number of new laws come into effect today. WRAL has a good rundown here, while the School’s annual summary of legislation of interest to […]
News Roundup
Short week, short news roundup. National attention remains focused on Ferguson, Missouri, where attorneys for Michael Brown’s family have weighed in on the prosecutor’s handling of the grand jury proceedings […]
Ferguson and the Prosecutor’s Approach to the Grand Jury
Yesterday, the grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri , declined to indict officer Darren Wilson in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Some commentators have criticized the […]
A New Addition to the School of Government’s Indigent Defense Manual Series
Emily Coward and I are glad to share a new resource with you: a reference manual entitled Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases. If you are a […]
News Roundup
I love highlighting my colleagues’ great work on the blog. Shea already announced her new book this week, but also check out Jessie Smith’s interview on WUNC, talking about the […]
Reflections on the Justice Reinvestment National Summit
I’m a little jet-lagged today. I got back home to Durham early this morning after a long flight. I was attending the Justice Reinvestment National Summit . . . in […]
Keeping a Good Thing Going: New Book Available on Impaired Driving Laws
The School of Government has been publishing reference books on motor vehicle law since 1947. The twelfth iteration of a book on motor vehicle law and the law of impaired […]
Warrantless Stops 101 — Was the Stop Supported by Reasonable Suspicion?
In my first Warrantless Stops 101 post, I offered these basic questions to frame the analysis: Did a seizure occur? If so and it was a stop, was it supported […]
Felon in Possession and Felony Murder
Thirteen-year-old Nathan Clark and his teammates traveled from Winston-Salem to Raleigh last Friday night to play in a weekend soccer tournament. The team never took the field. As Clark slept […]
News Roundup
It might not seem like a sexy story, but in terms of practical impact, the rollout of a new system for handling certain traffic cases in Forsyth County is a […]