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20257
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This bulletin discusses selected cases of the US Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the NC Supreme Court, and the NC Court of Appeals that were decided during the period of December 3, 2002 - July 16, 2003.
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20260
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This bulletin supplements the Institute of Government book, North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime (Fifth Edition 2001). It includes new legislation and case law through December 5, 2003, and makes other changes.
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20397
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This memorandum will discuss acts of the 1988 NC General Assembly affecting criminal law and procedure. Each new law discussed is referred to by the 1988 Session Laws chapter of the ratified act and by the number of the original bill that became law--for example Ch. 1040 (S 1837). The effective date of each new law is also given.
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20398
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This memorandum will summarize acts of the 1989 NC General Assembly affecting criminal law and procedure. Each new law discussed is referred to by the 1989 Session Laws chapter of the ratified act and by the number of the original bill that became law--for example Ch. 890 (H 275). The effective date of each new law is also given.
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20399
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This memorandum will summarize acts of the 1990 NC General Assembly affecting criminal law and procedure. Each new law discussed is referred to by the 1990 Session Laws chapter of the ratified act and by the number of the original bill that became law--for example Ch. 1039 (H 2375). The effective date of each new law is also given.
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29942
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The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule does not apply in certain law enforcement circumstances. This memorandum discusses the Court’s ruling in two cases, and its application in North Carolina.
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29946
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The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that juvenile custodial interrogation warnings set out in the Juvenile Code must be given to sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds. This memorandum discusses the ruling and its effect on the duties of law enforcement officers and the admissibility of evidence at trial.
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29947
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This memorandum summarizes acts of the 1983 General Assembly affecting criminal law and procedure. The acts pertain to laws for drugs, children, jail escape, driving while impaired, mental health, criminal procedures and evidence.
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29962
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This memorandum summarizes acts of the 1981 General Assembly affecting criminal law and procedure. For each ratified bill discussed, references are given to the chapter of the 1981 Session Laws for that ratified bill.
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29964
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The 1981 General Assembly rewrote the alcoholic beverage control laws by defining an alcoholic beverage as containing at least one-half of one percent alcohol by volume. The legislation has new implications to charges for driving under the influence, and for transporting opened liquor in a motor vehicle.
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29965
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This memorandum discusses 1981 legislative changes and recent appellate cases concerning the speedy-trial law, and provides a complete text of the new law. The general topics discussed are the time limitations, exclusionary periods, cases in counties with limited court sessions, and dismissal sanctions.
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29969
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The controversial decision of the Gannett v. DePasquale case concerned the public’s right, including the news media, to attend criminal proceedings. This memorandum discusses the Gannett case and North Carolina constitutional, statutory, and common law provisions that may provide a public right of access.
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29972
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The effect of a recent Supreme Court ruling will be to increase a judge’s responsibility to determine the need for counsel before trial when the case involves a misdemeanor that may later be used in an enhanced-penalty statute. This memorandum discusses the decision and its application to driving under the influence, North Carolina’s most commonly used misdemeanor enhancement statute.
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30000
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On September 4, 1979, the North Carolina Supreme Court decided three cases involving the capital punishment sentencing statute, G.S. 15A-2000. This memorandum summarizes the main points in the opinions of the court in these cases. The subjects of discussion pertain to aggravating circumstances, mitigating circumstances, plea bargaining, and other jury instructions.
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30020
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The 1977 North Carolina General Assembly enacted a new law effective for rape and any lesser-included offenses. This memorandum discusses the present common law rules of evidence in rape cases, and the changes brought about by the new law.
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