NC Criminal Law
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. The Fourth Circuit heard arguments this week on whether Lindsey Halligan was properly appointed as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern...
The core purpose of the Rules of Evidence is to achieve fairness, efficiency, and justice by ensuring that only relevant and reliable evidence is considered by the finder of fact. G.S. 8C-102(a).
Whichever county is the first to bring charges against the defendant has exclusive venue. See G.S. 15A-132. But if the county with exclusive venue dismisses the charges, another county with concurrent venue may initiate its own charges and obtain venue.
If the defendant does not introduce evidence, the defendant has the right to the first and last closing argument.
All criminal pleadings must name or otherwise identify the defendant. See G.S. 15A-924(a)(1).
The court is not bound by the rules of evidence (except for rules on privilege) when deciding whether challenged evidence is admissible.