by Michelle Sparrow | May 12, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The North Carolina House of Representatives hasn’t moved on the bill since early April, but there it sits in committee, future uncertain. Supported by the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, the bill would limit the powers of the state’s... by Michelle Sparrow | May 5, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
When we published our last post, the Unborn Victims Act had been presented to the governor. She signed it last week. North Carolina Session Law 2011-60 will go into effect on December 1, 2011. The law increases the criminal penalties for causing the death or injury of... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 13, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We were talking about House Bill 615, the proposal that would gut North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act. The bill was referred to committee last week but has not been scheduled for discussion or a vote yet. If the bill is passed, inmates who have been convicted of... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 19, 2011 | Assault, Criminal Law Blog
A 20-year-old Raleigh woman is accused of firing several shots during a dispute outside of a bingo parlor earlier this month. Police say the shots ended up almost hitting a sleeping fireman in a nearby fire station. The woman originally faced charges of assault with a... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 17, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
This week, a House judiciary committee of the North Carolina General Assembly held its first hearing on a bill that seeks to make harming a fetus at any stage of the pregnancy a much more serious crime. The bill, known as House Bill 215, would allow a person charged...