Montejo v. Louisiana
Two big developments at the United States Supreme Court. First, President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter. The New York Times story is here, some News […]
By Popular Demand
Once in a while, someone requests a post on a particular topic. Today’s post is in response to such a request — which, as I understand it, is not based […]
Popp and PJCs
Editor’s note: Today’s post discusses a recent case about the unique-to-North-Carolina phenomenon of Prayer for Judgment Continued, or PJC. For a terrific earlier post about PJCs — it’s the single […]
Petitions to Terminate Sex Offender Registration (Part II)
The other day I posted my thoughts about the “Jacob Wetterling” provision in G.S. 14-208.12A. While that provision raises what I think are the most difficult questions related to petitions […]
DWI Appeal Procedures: Fowler and Palmer
Two statutes enacted as part of the Motor Vehicle Driver Protection Act of 2006, G.S. 20-38.6 and 20-38.7, significantly altered district court procedures for implied consent offenses committed on or […]
Split Sentences for Habitual DWI?
by School of Government faculty members Jamie Markham and Shea Denning The folks at DOC combined records tell us they see a lot of habitual impaired driving judgments that look […]
News Roundup
Although I have a couple of more scholarly posts ready to go, there have been enough intriguing news stories over the past several days that I couldn’t resist doing another […]
Executions to Resume?
Several developments this week week have brought North Carolina much closer to resuming executions. The last execution in the state took place in August 2006. Since then, we’ve had a […]
Petitions to Terminate Sex Offender Registration
Under G.S. 14-208.12A, registered sex offenders who are not required to register for life can petition the superior court to terminate the registration requirement after 10 years. (The requirement to […]
Computer Searches and the Scope of Consent
Most readers of this blog know (1) that a search done pursuant to consent doesn’t violate the Fourth Amendment, but (2) that the scope of search is limited by the […]