Welcome, Belal Elrahal!
I am pleased to announce that Belal Elrahal joined our faculty earlier this month. Belal is working in the field of criminal law and procedure and will specialize in impaired […]
Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (June 2024)
This post summarizes published criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during June 2024. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. […]
Change to the Law of Juvenile Jurisdiction and Juvenile Transfer to Superior Court
Session Law 2024-17 enacts changes to the law regarding the scope of original juvenile jurisdiction beginning with offenses committed on or after December 1, 2024. Law changes regarding the existing […]
Confidential Informants, Motions to Reveal Identity, and Discovery: Part IV, How Federal and State Courts are Handling CI Video and Audio Recordings
Special thanks to Sheridan King, Summer Law Fellow at UNC SOG, for her significant contributions to the research and development of this post. The previous post of this multi-part series […]
News Roundup
The biggest news story of the week is a gunman’s attempt to assassinate former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. […]
Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (July 16, 2024)
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on July 16, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a […]
New Dashboard Shows Impact of Record Clearance Policies in North Carolina
At the Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, we’re focused on an evidence-based approach to criminal justice issues. We deal with a lot of data and try to make that information relevant […]
Supreme Court: Bump Stocks Are Legal
The Supreme Court’s big Second Amendment case this term was United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. __ (2024), which I wrote about here. But readers interested in firearms law should […]
U.S. Supreme Court Curtails Substitute Analyst Testimony
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ___; 2024 WL 3074423 (June 21, 2024) (Kagan, J.). The case settled a lingering question in Sixth Amendment Confrontation […]
News Roundup
Back in May, it appeared that North Carolina lawmakers were moving toward a repeal of automatic expunctions of dismissed charges. However, in recent weeks, they have reversed course and a […]