Shea covered the recent escapes of two inmates from the Vance County Detention Center. On the lam since June 3, the pair were apprehended without incident on Tuesday this week […] Read more about News Roundup

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Darcy lives in North Carolina. Upon learning about an upcoming music festival in California, Darcy creates realistic, high-quality digital replicas of the festival’s VIP wristband passes and PDF tickets. She […] Read more about Extradition of Non-Fugitives

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A defendant who claims self-defense may offer evidence of the victim’s prior violent conduct, if known to the defendant, to demonstrate the reasonableness of the defendant’s fear of the victim. […] Read more about Best Safety Lies in Fear: Evidence of the Victim’s Character for Violence in State v. Hague

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This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on June 3, 2026. (1) The State lacks authority to appeal a district court’s verbal […] Read more about Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (June 3, 2026)

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By now, most people in the North Carolina indigent defense community know that Mary Pollard, the executive director of the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS), has decided […] Read more about What It Means to Lead the Office of Indigent Defense Services

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The week began with the report of the capture in Mount Airy of an armed fugitive wanted for murder. Michael Puckett is accused of killing one Virginia sheriff’s deputy and […] Read more about News Roundup

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Where the trial court did not afford defense counsel an opportunity to rebut the prosecutor’s proffered race-neutral reasons for striking black jurors, thereby failing to conduct the third step of […] Read more about Case Summary: Pitchford v. Cain (SCOTUS)

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This post is a follow-up from last month’s post Initial Appearances, Implied Consent Offenses, and Offenses Involving Impaired Driving Part 1. In Part 1, we discussed the differences and overlaps […] Read more about Initial Appearances, Implied Consent Offenses, and Offenses Involving Impaired Driving (Part 2)

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Probation records are privileged. That protection stems from an old statute, G.S. 15-207, which was enacted in 1937—the same year the original North Carolina Probation Commission was established. See N.C. […] Read more about Access to Probation Files

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Last week I participated in a CLE event sponsored by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Court. It was a great event and an opportunity for me to learn […] Read more about New Resource on the Authentication and Admissibility of Digital Evidence

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