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Bail Reform in North Carolina — What Are the Options?

February 18, 2019 Jessica Smith

…appearance. Because counsel typically isn’t appointed for an indigent defendant until the first appearance, counsel has had no time before then to meet with the defendant, obtain the defendant’s prior…

Categories Uncategorized Tags bail, bond, policy, pretrial release, reform 2 Comments
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Study: Mecklenburg County’s Bail Reforms Lead to Increased Release Rates but no Significant Increase in FTAs or New Criminal Activity

June 20, 2019 Jessica Smith

…the initial appearance, first appearance, or subsequent bond hearing. Id. at 13. Effects on Pretrial Detention. For effect on pretrial detentions, researchers looked at initial detentions after arrest and the…

Categories Uncategorized Tags bail, mecklenburg, pretrial release, study 3 Comments
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Change to the Law of Juvenile Jurisdiction and Juvenile Transfer to Superior Court

July 23, 2024 Jacquelyn Greene

…than 24 hours after the order is issued. Cases that are removed to juvenile court from superior court must have a first appearance in juvenile court within 10 days of…

Categories Uncategorized Tags 15A-960, 7B-1501, 7B-2200, 7B-2200.5, 7B-2202, 7B-2202.5, 7B-2603, juvenile jurisdiction
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Alamance County NC’s Bail System

March 17, 2020 Jessica Smith

…not addressed. The first appearance typically lasts no more than a few minutes and is not on the record. Id. at 16-17. When counsel is appointed at the first appearance,…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags bail reform, Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, pretrial release 4 Comments

October 28th Webinar: Promoting Court Appearance & Improving Responses to Non-Appearances

October 11, 2022 Hannah Turner

On October 28, 2022, from 12:30pm to 2pm, the UNC School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab will host a FREE webinar, Court Appearance Matters: Promoting Justice & Efficiency by…

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Announcing North Carolina Court Appearance Project

July 29, 2021 Jessica Smith

The UNC School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab and The Pew Charitable Trusts and invite North Carolina jurisdictions to apply to participate in the NC Court Appearance Project. Pew…

Categories Uncategorized Tags court appearance project, Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, Pew Charitable Trusts Leave a comment

Final Report: Judicial District 2 Bail Project

November 3, 2021 Maggie Bailey

…requirement that conditions other than a secured bond must be imposed absent a risk of non-appearance, injury to any person, or interference with the criminal proceeding. Second, stakeholders implemented new…

Categories Procedure Tags bail project, Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, judicial district 2, pretrial release, secured bond
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Pretrial Release — Part 2: Who Sets Conditions? What Are the Options?

October 16, 2017January 3, 2012 Jessica Smith

…elect to execute a secured appearance bond instead. Release on unsecured appearance bond. G.S. 15A-534(a)(2). An unsecured bond is one that is backed only by the integrity of the defendant;…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags 48 hour rule, bond, pretrial release, release conditions 4 Comments
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Identifying a Person Shown in a Surveillance Video

February 27, 2018 Jessica Smith

…with the defendant’s appearance; the witness’s familiarity with the defendant’s appearance at the time of the video; whether the defendant had disguised his or her appearance at the time of…

Categories Evidence, Uncategorized Tags belk, identification, identity, lay opinion, surveillance video 1 Comment
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Procedure in Juvenile Homicide Cases

September 27, 2022 Jacquelyn Greene

…a felony is alleged then proceed to a first appearance in district court. G.S. 7B-1808. The first appearance must occur within ten days of the filing of the petition unless…

Categories Procedure Tags 7B-2200, 7B-2200.5, homicide, juvenile, juvenile delinquency, juvenile transfer
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