News Roundup (August 22, 2014)
Jeff Welty
The week saw a bit of musical chairs at the state supreme court. Chief Justice Parker stepped down as a result of mandatory retirement and then-Senior Associate Justice Martin was […]
General Assembly Closes Up Shop, Gives Us “Technical” Corrections (August 21, 2014)
Jeff Welty
The General Assembly reached an agreement on coal ash and has adjourned for the session. Shortly before departing, it approved a technical corrections bill that has become law. The bill […]
More FAQ on PRS (August 20, 2014)
Jamie Markham
Today’s post picks up where my last post left off, with answers (my answers, at least) to more frequently asked questions about post-release supervision. What will life on PRS be […]
Court of Appeals in State v. Townsend Beefs Up Prejudice Required for Relief under Knoll (August 19, 2014)
Shea Denning
[Author’s note: State v. Townsend was withdrawn and replaced by a subsequent opinion, available here. The portion of the opinion discussed below was unchanged by the subsequent opinion.] No one gets […]
Ferguson and Cameras (August 18, 2014)
Jeff Welty
According to the New York Times, the governor of Missouri is now deploying the National Guard in an “effort[] to quell unrest” resulting from a white police officer’s shooting of […]
News Roundup (August 15, 2014)
Jeff Welty
This week brought two tidbits of legislative news as the session winds down. First, the General Assembly slightly revised the rules for disposing of weapons seized during criminal investigations, generally […]
That Court of Appeals Ballot (August 14, 2014)
Michael Crowell
In July John Martin, the chief judge of the Court of Appeals, announced his retirement effective August 1st. Given the timing of his decision, state law requires an election in […]
FAQ on PRS (August 13, 2014)
Jamie Markham
There are almost 7,000 people on post-release supervision in North Carolina today. That’s up from around 2,000 in 2011, before the law was changed to require post-release supervision for all […]
Convicted of DWI? Go Directly to Jail. (August 12, 2014)
Shea Denning
The General Assembly just made it a whole lot easier to determine whether a defendant imprisoned for a misdemeanor DWI conviction will serve his or her sentence in jail or […]
Entrapment (August 11, 2014)
Jeff Welty
A national, empirical study of defenses found that the defense of entrapment arose in just 0.08% of cases, usually “to little avail.” Stephen G. Valdes, Frequency and Success: An Empirical […]