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If you’re reading this, we made it at least one more week before the robots take over. Here’s a look at the week’s criminal law news. Halligan, James, and Comey. […] Read more about News Roundup The post News Roundup appeared first on North Carolina Criminal Law Blog .
By now the last fiscal year is pretty far back in everyone’s rear view mirror. Nevertheless, I am excited to share the North Carolina Judicial College’s annual report for 2025-26. […] Read more about Annual Report from the North Carolina Judicial College (2025-26) The post Annual Report from the North Carolina Judicial
This post summarizes criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during August of 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. […] Read more about Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 2026) The post Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Co
Automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, have been in the news lately. Most ALPRs are made by a company called Flock Safety and therefore commonly are called Flock cameras. This […] Read more about Quick Thoughts about Flock Cameras, the Fourth Amendment, and the Courts The post Quick Thoughts about Flock Cameras, th
This blog is a collaboration between School of Government faculty members focusing on municipal authority (Rebecca Fisher-Gabbard) and motor vehicle law (Belal Elrahal). Recently (purely for research purposes), Belal visited […] Read more about New Statewide Legislation Regarding E-Bikes The post New Statewide Legislat
Under G.S. 15A-1340.14(b)(6), an additional sentencing point applies “[i]f all the elements of the present offense are included in any prior offense for which the offender was convicted, whether or […] Read more about The “Same Elements” Sentencing Point, Revisited The post The “Same Elements” Sentencing Point, Revisit
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy case was in its seventh day of deliberations when we posted last week’s News Roundup. Later that day, the trial judge declared a mistrial; […] Read more about News Roundup The post News Roundup appeared first on North Carolina Criminal Law Blog .
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on September 2, 2026. Where there is insufficient evidence in the record to determine whether […] Read more about Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Sept. 2, 2026) The post Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (S
As of this morning, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial remains deadlocked for the seventh day. Clancy, accused of killing her three children, faces charges including murder, second-degree murder, […] Read more about News Roundup The post News Roundup appeared first on North Carolina Criminal Law Blog .
Overcrowding at North Carolina jails continues to be a problem, with Wake County jails holding more than 1,800 people in August despite a capacity of 1,574. As noted in prior […] Read more about News Roundup The post News Roundup appeared first on North Carolina Criminal Law Blog .
This post summarizes published criminal opinions from the Supreme Court of North Carolina released on August 14, 2026. The court released twelve such opinions on that day, some quite lengthy. […] Read more about Case Summaries: Supreme Court of North Carolina (Aug. 14, 2026), Part Two The post Case Summaries: Supreme C
A new Administration of Justice Bulletin on Money Laundering under G.S. 14-118.8 is now available here. I previously posted about the relatively new statutory offense here, and this bulletin expands […] Read more about New Bulletin on Money Laundering under G.S. 14-118.8 The post New Bulletin on Money Laundering under
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