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Restitution as a condition of probation in North Carolina presents a deceptively simple question. What happens if the defendant does not pay?
That question cannot be answered by looking only at the unpaid balance. A restitution order can operate in two legal lanes at the same time. It can be a criminal court condition tied to probation, deferred prosecution, or conditi...
On May 29, 2026, reporting surrounding the United States Supreme Court’s review of a Mississippi death penalty case again pushed one of the oldest constitutional problems in American criminal law back into public discussion. The issue involves racial discrimination in jury selection under Batson v. Kentucky
On May 26, 2026, the United States Supreme Court denied Florida’s motion for leave to file an original lawsuit against California and Washington over commercial driver’s licenses issued to certain noncitizens Florida claimed were not eligible under federal CDL rules. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, arguing the Court should ...
Police can enter a home without a warrant under the emergency aid exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Also called the emergency assistance exception or emergency doctrine, this exception permits warrantless home entry when officers have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside is seriously injured or imminently threatened with serious inj...
On May 20, 2026, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided State v. Myers, a case that may quietly create one of the stranger jurisdictional and constitutional problems in modern North Carolina traffic-stop litigation. The opinion itself appears relatively narrow at first glance. Superior Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to ...