Updated Chapters in Superior Court Judges' Benchbook – North Carolina Criminal Law

Three chapters within the legal regulation part of the Superior Court docket Judges’ Benchbook lately have been up to date. Amongst these chapters is Joinder and Severance, which addresses the joinder and severance of each offenses and defendants for trial, together with the elements used to evaluate whether or not joinder is suitable, the relevant procedural guidelines, and potential cures for failure to affix offenses for trial. The revised chapter accounts for developments within the case regulation because the earlier model was printed in January 2017, together with State v. Schalow, 379 N.C. 639, 654 (2021) (summarized right here), during which the state supreme courtroom reversed a courtroom of appeals holding that the presence of sure circumstances compelled dismissal of the costs for the State’s failure to affix offenses.

Different chapters with latest updates are Jury Verdict (which now addresses the necessity for a particular verdict kind in sure second-degree homicide instances) and Jury View.

The chapters are written to information the work of superior courtroom judges but in addition are helpful for legal regulation practitioners. The entire legal regulation chapters can be found right here, and the title entries for these which were lately up to date comprise a parenthetical notation to that impact.

Christopher Tyner, a analysis lawyer for the Faculty, up to date these chapters and can proceed to replace different entries within the on-line guide. I function editor and welcome your feedback and ideas concerning the Benchbook.  You possibly can attain me at denning@sog.unc.edu.