…court by paying court costs and a designated penalty. Offenses for which court appearances may be waived generally are considered less serious than offenses for which a court appearance is…
The School of Government has published a new resource on initial appearances and pretrial release. Although any judicial official is authorized to preside at an initial appearance, in most cases…
…that crack has a distinctive color, texture, and appearance holds up. Crack rocks have varying appearances because they are “cooked” in a variety of ways. I have read police reports…
Does what a defendant wears to court impact his or her sentence? We’ve written about dress and appearance a lot on this blog. Jeff wrote here about defendants wearing eyeglasses…
…appearance in that it has a saddle seat, handlebars, and tires.The inclusion of the exception for motorized bicycles in the statutory definition implicitly acknowledges this similarity in appearance. I think…
…a citation that requires a person’s appearance in district court, a city may instead deposit a parking ticket upon a car that requires payment of a penalty in an amount…
…order, an officer must take the defendant before a magistrate for an initial appearance. G.S. 15A-501(2); 15A-511(a). The magistrate must first determine whether there is probable cause to believe that…
The disappearance and suspected murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi captured international headlines this week with news reports suggesting that Khashoggi was the victim of a state-sponsored hit that…
…the crime or when there is a reasonable belief that the perpetrator has changed his or her appearance close in time to the crime, and only if there are circumstances…
…Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer addressed the House Appropriations Committee earlier this week. In the course of their appearance, they were asked about a wide range of topics. In response…
