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For years, tension has existed between federal and state criminal prosecutors over forfeitures. Criminal forfeitures result from the seizure (and, if necessary, the sale) of contraband such as cash from illegal activities or illegally obtained merchandise. When the forfeiture is conducted by a state agency, the school system receives the…
Continue Reading SHOW ME THE MONEYFive months ago, the Supreme Court of North Carolina installed a new Clerk of Court…
Continue Reading Breakfast with Buckner: Meeting the North Carolina Supreme Court’s New ClerkAfter three years of service as the Dean of Regent University Law School in Virginia…
Continue Reading Welcome back, Chief Justice Martin!On May 3, 2022, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a large batch of…
Continue Reading ANOTHER SMORGASBORD OF OPINIONS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALSThe Latest
Hopefully all of our readers have seen the announcements and registered already, but if not: there are three appellate-related events before the end of the month.
First, there is an…
Continue Reading You’re Invited: Three Upcoming EventsBack in November, I wrote about the possibility of a fee award being immediately appealable if the amount in question is significant enough. In the latest batch of opinions from…
Continue Reading Can You Pass Go with a Fee Award?If you’ve regularly read my blog posts here over the past few years (in other words, if you are my mom), you will know that I find Fourth Circuit published…
Continue Reading Another Published Rehearing DenialThe holding in Batson v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 79 (1986), that racial discrimination has no place in jury selection, continues to generate caselaw. As noted in a prior blog…
Continue Reading BATSON IS BACK, WITH TEETHOral Argument in Congressional Map Appeal; Updated Appellate Rules Codification; WebEx for Dummies (just kidding)
This blog post is a mishmash of news and updates.
—Remote Oral Argument in Harper v. Hall (N.C. Congressional Maps Case). After a Supreme Court remand, the trial…
Continue Reading Oral Argument in Congressional Map Appeal; Updated Appellate Rules Codification; WebEx for Dummies (just kidding)I am pleased to report that the Supreme Court of North Carolina has selected Grant Buckner as its 17th Clerk of Court.
Grant is no stranger to the appellate courts.
Continue Reading Grant Buckner: North Carolina Supreme Court’s Next Clerk of CourtShiny New Things: Electronically Filing the Entire Record on Appeal; Oral Arguments Available by Podcast
As noted previously, the 2022 Appellate Rules amendments contemplate that the entire record on appeal should be filed electronically during a single e-filing session. Yet, when those amendments were…
Continue Reading Shiny New Things: Electronically Filing the Entire Record on Appeal; Oral Arguments Available by PodcastThe Countdown That Ends Before It Even Starts: The Unwritten “Actual Notice” Pathway to Losing Your Right to Appeal
This week, the Court of Appeals added some nuance to an issue that has plagued appellants for many years: the calculation of the appeal period when a judgment is not…
Continue Reading The Countdown That Ends Before It Even Starts: The Unwritten “Actual Notice” Pathway to Losing Your Right to AppealNew Recusal Order, New Remote Oral Argument, New Rules, New Clerk: Happy New Year!
As we send 2021 out and ring in 2022, a few developments and reminders.
Recusal Order. As reported previously, the Supreme Court of North Carolina has been grappling…
Continue Reading New Recusal Order, New Remote Oral Argument, New Rules, New Clerk: Happy New Year!Appellate Practice Team
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