Last Friday, violence erupted outside the Wake County Courthouse when Gwendolyn White reportedly shot at two lawyers, Mary Harris and Jeffrey Whitley. The attack happened after a tense hearing at […] Read more about News Roundup

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If asked if North Carolina has a speedy trial law, until relatively recently, I would have said no. A defendant does have constitutional rights to a speedy trial under the […] Read more about G.S. 15-10: The Speedy Trial Statute Still on the Books

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This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the Supreme Court of North Carolina released on May 22, 2026. There was no Harbison error where (1) the defendant agreed to […] Read more about Case Summaries: Supreme Court of North Carolina (May 22, 2026)

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This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on May 20, 2026. Trial counsel was not ineffective on multiple grounds asserted by defense; […] Read more about Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (May 20, 2026)

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One of the unique aspects of juvenile delinquency procedure is the intake and evaluation process. This mandatory process precedes commencement of a delinquency court action and determines if an initial […] Read more about The Front Door of the Delinquency System: Intake and Evaluation

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The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, for his role in ordering the 1996 downing of two planes. The planes were flown by […] Read more about News Roundup

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Editor’s note: This post first appeared on the School of Government’s blog directed at civil law and procedure. It is cross-posted here because the content is also pertient for prosecutors, […] Read more about A/N/D Reporting: Rights, Protections, and Division and/or Prosecutor Review

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This post summarizes criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during April of 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. […] Read more about Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (April 2026)

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A colleague recently came into my office carrying Volume 3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated by Lexis Nexis (what we attorneys call “the green book”) with a […] Read more about Judicial Retention Elections in North Carolina

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We last addressed the 2023 trial of Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, in February of 2024 (although Shea subsequently reviewed a nonfiction […] Read more about News Roundup

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