North Carolina Criminal Law

I can’t be the only one who has a tough time keeping track of what sanctions are permissible in response to different types of probation violations in different types of […]

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May probation pursuant to a deferred prosecution or conditional discharge include incarceration?

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These days, figuring out the permissible ways to respond to a probation violation is easy. All you need to know is the date of the offense for which the person […]

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Come December 1, dips will be the new dunks for Structured Sentencing misdemeanants.

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What happens when a low-level felon serves a split and then gets quick-dipped, dunked, and eventually revoked? Today’s video post walks through a case like that from start to finish, including many of the jail credit wrinkles […]

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Among the two dozen or so states that have participated in Justice Reinvestment, North Carolina has become something of a darling. The goal of the initiative (summarized in this infographic) […]

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Special probation, commonly referred to as a split sentence, is a powerful sentencing tool. It allows the judge to impose a mix of imprisonment and probation that can achieve multiple […]

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Under the Justice Reinvestment Act, a probation officer may, through delegated authority, impose a short period of jail confinement in response to a violation of a court-imposed probation condition. The […]

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