…an apartment parking lot, turned in to police, and its owner did not file a police report or attempt to retrieve it within a day of its disappearance). Nonetheless, courts…
…165-67 (1971); State v. Ballard, 191 N.C. 122, 124-25 (1926). Argument Regarding Defendant’s Appearance. It is improper to argue that a defendant should be convicted simply because of how he…
…authority. With the proper authorization, magistrates can appoint counsel as early as a person’s initial appearance. Moving beyond systemic issues and on to the specific ethical advice, I can imagine…
…the local police for “continued enforcement,” under the rationale described here. Shore v. Edmisten, 290 N.C. 628 (1976). Nationally, conditions directed at a defendants’ personal appearance (e.g., “get a haircut,”…
…as “an overt act or an attempt, or the unequivocal appearance of an attempt, with force and violence, to do some immediate physical injury to the person of another, which…
Pretrial release is generally set by magistrates at a defendant’s initial appearance. As a special approach to setting conditions of pretrial release, the “48-hour rule,” as it is known in…
…require the execution of a secured appearance bond in an amount at least double the amount of the most recent previous secured or unsecured bond for the charges or, if…
…judges; and that judges may not endorse or recommend lawyers, because such an endorsement or recommendation may “create the appearance of judicial partiality.” The opinion also states that lawyers and…
…information about when youth have criminal court appearances. It will also be less convenient for defense attorneys to meet with their clients when they are housed in a juvenile detention…
…first setting of the case. Obviously, an attorney who has not even been appointed, much less entered an appearance in the case, cannot be armed at that first setting with…
