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Changes Coming to Delinquency Procedure: Transfer and Mental Health Evaluations

September 26, 2023 Jacquelyn Greene

…in these cases and continues to require a probable cause hearing within 15 days of the juvenile’s first appearance. The probable cause hearing can be continued for good cause. Therefore,…

Categories Uncategorized Tags 7B-2200, 7B-2200.5, 7B-2202, 7B-2502, comprehensive clinical assessment, juvenile transfer, mandatory transfer
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Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Sept. 3, 2024)

September 5, 2024 Alex Phipps

…have held that defendant’s actions were not likely to interrupt or interfere with matters before the trial court. Odor and appearance of marijuana provided probable cause to search defendant’s vehicle…

Categories Case Summaries Tags case summaries, N.C. Court of Appeals, North Carolina Court of Appeals
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Violation of Conditions Before Release

October 1, 2024 Brittany Bromell

…directly by the appellate courts. To clarify, this question addresses situations in which the defendant is committed to the jail pending an appearance before a judge, as in domestic violence…

Categories Procedure Tags conditions of pretrial release, criminal contempt, pretrial release, release order, state v. mitchell, violation of pretrial release
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Virtual Court Proceedings—North Carolina Court Actors Weigh In

March 22, 2021 Jessica Smith

…full report is available here. In this post we summarize some top line results. Change in Use of Virtual Proceedings. According to respondents, virtual first appearances were the most common…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags COVID-19, remote proceedings, survey Leave a comment
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Filing Deadlines Further Extended to Combat COVID-19; Colloquy and Form Available for Remote Proceedings

May 4, 2020April 14, 2020 Shea Denning

…Office of the Courts to develop a waiver of personal appearance colloquy and a form waiver of personal appearance, which are available here under the entry for Remote Proceedings in…

Categories Procedure Tags 7A-39, chief justice, COVID-19, deadlines, remote proceedings 2 Comments
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Fielding a Few Questions About License Revocations for Failure to Appear and Comply

August 10, 2020 Shea Denning

…to pay or that the penalty, fine, or costs should be remitted. Someone asked me recently about these sanctions for nonappearance and nonpayment — or incentives for appearance and payment…

Categories Motor Vehicles Tags Crozier, FTA, FTC, Garrett, license revocation Leave a comment
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Court of Appeals in State v. Townsend Beefs Up Prejudice Required for Relief under Knoll

September 16, 2014August 19, 2014 Shea Denning

…front of the magistrate at 2:34 a.m., listing his wife’s name and phone number. The implied consent notice form contains a certification from the magistrate that an initial appearance has…

Categories Motor Vehicles, Procedure Tags DWI, impaired driving holds, Initial appearance, State v. Knoll, State v. Townsend 9 Comments
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Caught on Camera

October 5, 2016 Shea Denning

…(3) whether the defendant had disguised his appearance at the time of the offense; and (4) whether the defendant had altered his appearance prior to trial. Post interviewed Patterson immediately…

Categories Evidence Tags rule 701, state v patterson, state v. fleming, state v. snead Leave a comment
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Pretrial Release – Part 4: Refusal to Provide Identification & Noncitizens

January 19, 2012 Jessica Smith

…probably may delay the initial appearance while a law enforcement officer completes an investigation into the defendant’s identity. Such an investigation may not be feasible in all cases, particularly when…

Categories Procedure, Uncategorized Tags detainer, ICE, immigration, pretrial release Leave a comment
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State v. Diaz-Tomas Recognizes Broad Prosecutorial Discretion Following Dismissals With Leave

November 10, 2022 Shea Denning

…arrest was issued. On July 11, 2016, the State dismissed the charges with leave pursuant to G.S. 15A-932(a)(2) (permitting the prosecutor to enter a dismissal with leave for nonappearance when…

Categories Motor Vehicles, Procedure Tags 15A-932, Diaz-Tomas, dismissal with leave, failure to appear, state v. diaz-tomas
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