State v. Dewalt and Speeding to Elude
The court of appeals decided State v. Dewalt last week, holding that the aggravating factor of driving while license revoked, when used to elevate misdemeanor speeding to elude arrest to […]
Video Blog Post: The Year Ahead in Sentencing and Corrections
We’re trying something novel today. Jamie Markham has prepared our first video blog post, in which he highlights sentencing and corrections stories to follow in 2011. It includes a discussion […]
Common Questions about Prescription Drugs
I thought I’d take a minute to discuss three questions that I get about prescription drugs. [Update: Several people posted comments or emailed me about the relationship between prescription drugs […]
News Roundup
It’s time for the first news roundup of the new year! There have been quite a few interesting stories recently, including the following: 1. The New York Times reports that […]
90-Day DART-Cherry
The Department of Correction runs substance abuse treatment programs for probationers and certain parolees: DART-Cherry in Goldsboro for men, and, as of last year, Black Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center […]
Aiding and Abetting
Under the common law doctrine of aiding and abetting, a person is considered to be a principal to a crime when: (1) a crime is committed by another, (2) the […]
Update on Unauthorized Access to a Computer
As I noted in a previous post, it is a crime under G.S. 14-454(b) “willfully and without authorization . . . [to] access[] . . . any computer.” I posed […]
Traffic Stops from Soup to Nuts
Happy new year! It’s great to be back at work after a relaxing vacation. I’ve written before about traffic stops. Recently, I returned to the subject and completed a pretty […]
News Roundup
Tomorrow’s a holiday, and the blog is going on vacation next week, so this will be the last post of 2010. Before rounding up the news, I wanted to take […]
The Duty to Report “Reportable Accidents” and Collisions with Parked Vehicles
State law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a reportable accident to immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of the crash. G.S. 20-166.1. A reportable accident is […]