News Roundup
Quickly on the heels of last week’s racist mass shooting comes America’s latest tragedy. On Tuesday, a teenager in Texas killed nineteen elementary school children and two of their teachers […]
Disturbing Behavior, Harassment and Threats to Public Employees
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated in response to helpful feedback from a reader. A few weeks ago, my colleague Jill Moore asked me to participate in a recorded […]
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Findings Required in Delinquency Adjudication Orders
Last month the Court of Appeals held in In re J.A.D., 2022-NCCOA-259, that the findings in an adjudication order were deficient because they did not include an affirmative statement by […]
News Roundup
This week, yet again, America mourns a mass shooting after a young white man attacked the Tops Food Market in Buffalo, New York, killing thirteen people, eleven of them Black, […]
Case Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (May 17, 2022)
This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on May 17, 2022. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free […]
Criminal Investigations and Public Records
The Court of Appeals held earlier this month in In re Public Records Request to DHHS, 2022-COA-284, ___ N.C. App. ___ (May 3, 2022), that the State had no authority […]
Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (April 2022)
This post summarizes published criminal and related decisions released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during April 2022. Decisions that may be of interest to state practitioners are summarized […]
News Roundup
As the PBS Newshour reports, this week the United States Department of the Interior released the first volume of an investigative report that examines the federal Indian boarding school system […]
Case Summaries: NC Supreme Court (May 6, 2022)
This post summarizes published criminal law decisions from the North Carolina Supreme Court released on May 6, 2022. These summaries will be added to the School’s Criminal Case Compendium, a […]
Case Summaries – Court of Appeals of North Carolina (May 3, 2022)
This post summarizes published criminal law decisions from the Court of Appeals of North Carolina released on May 3, 2022. These summaries will be added to the School’s Criminal Case […]