Ghost Guns
Last week, President Biden announced several new executive actions on firearms, including: calling for an updated report on firearms trafficking; nominating a new director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]
California Supreme Court Addresses Affordability of Money Bail
Regular readers of this blog know that bail reform has been a hot topic in criminal law. Jessie has posted about the Criminal Justice Innovation Lab’s ongoing collaborations with several […]
News Roundup
A second mass shooting in the span of a week, this one killing 10 people at a Colorado grocery store, shook the nation on Monday. Those killed included the first […]
Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (July 2020)
This post summarizes published criminal law and related decisions from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in July, 2020.
DWI Update: May 2020 Edition
My colleagues and I usually spend the waning weeks of May slogging through months of appellate opinions, determining which cases merit discussion at upcoming summer conferences. This year, of course, […]
Courts Will Expand Operations on June 1, But It Won’t Be Business as Usual
In regular times, North Carolina’s state courthouses are high traffic venues, filled with employees, attorneys, media, law enforcement officers, and members of the public. Much of the work that transpires […]
Case Summaries — N.C. Court of Appeals (May 5, 2020)
This post summarizes opinions issued by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina on May 5, 2020.
Case Summaries–Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (Oct. 2019)
This post summarizes published decisions from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that may be of interest to state criminal practitioners from October, 2019.
News Roundup
As WRAL reports, former state congressman and state Republican Party chairman Robin Hayes pleaded guilty in federal court this week to lying to the FBI during a bribery investigation involving […]
Use of Summons v. Arrest in North Carolina Misdemeanor Cases: A County-Level Analysis
Under state law, pretrial conditions must be set after a defendant is arrested for a crime, and this typically occurs at the initial appearance before a magistrate. G.S. 15A-511. Although […]