…does not include initial appearances before a magistrate or first appearances before a district court judge. In delinquency actions, a court proceeding includes both open and closed hearings, but does…
…offense and the defendant is currently on pretrial release for a prior offense, the judicial official shall require the execution of a secured appearance bond in an amount at least…
…by subject matter—one of which is the Criminal manual. The chapters found in the criminal series are: Initial Appearance and Setting Conditions of Pretrial Release First Appearance When Judge Not…
As a general rule, most defendants are entitled to have conditions of pretrial release set without unnecessary delay, and this typically happens at the initial appearance before a magistrate. G.S….
…the legal guardrails for you but, as with all sections, leaves the choices to local policymakers. Also, we updated this section with the new statutory rules regarding first appearances. Section…
…risk of non-appearance, injury to any person, or interference with the criminal proceeding. The new decision-making tool was developed by a stakeholder team that included judges, prosecutors, public defenders, clerks,…
…the officers had reason to believe that the defendants were involved in the disappearance of Smothers. They knew someone had repeatedly accessed Smothers’ store unit after his disappearance, that Smothers’…
…err by admitting Rule 404(b) evidence of the disappearance of a person the defendant had been previously convicted of murdering, (2) the defendant was not prejudiced by alleged improper remarks…
…defendant’s initial appearance. And in case after case, our appellate courts have considered testimony from magistrates in determining whether a defendant’s rights to pretrial release were violated. See, e.g., State…
…of the person’s initial appearance on the implied consent charge, a law enforcement officer must execute a revocation report (AOC-CVR-1A) before the magistrate conducting the initial appearance. The magistrate then…
