…impose conditions other than a secured bond unless there is a risk of injury to a person, non-appearance, or interference with the criminal proceeding; creating a presumption for a condition…
…hearing officers and judges adhere to the prescheduled bail amount in almost 90% of the cases. Id. at 68–69, 128. Misdemeanor defendants are supposed to receive a first appearance in…
Looking to solve court appearance issues in your jurisdiction? Find tools that work for you with the Court Appearance Toolbox! This new, online resource from the UNC School of Government…
…child is a person less than 16 years old. G.S. 14-318.5(a)(1). “Disappearance of a child.” A disappearance of a child occurs when the parent or person providing supervision does not…
We recently invited North Carolina jurisdictions to apply to participate in the NC Court Appearance Project. The project is supported by the UNC School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab…
…for a first appearance. At the first appearance, the judge “must schedule a probable-cause hearing unless the defendant waives in writing his right to such a hearing.” G.S. 15A-606(a). Reinforcing…
…in these cases and continues to require a probable cause hearing within 15 days of the juvenile’s first appearance. The probable cause hearing can be continued for good cause. Therefore,…
…full report is available here. In this post we summarize some top line results. Change in Use of Virtual Proceedings. According to respondents, virtual first appearances were the most common…
…Office of the Courts to develop a waiver of personal appearance colloquy and a form waiver of personal appearance, which are available here under the entry for Remote Proceedings in…
…to pay or that the penalty, fine, or costs should be remitted. Someone asked me recently about these sanctions for nonappearance and nonpayment — or incentives for appearance and payment…