If you handle appeals in North Carolina, you need a copy of the Style Guide. This guide is put together by the state’s Appellate Rules Committee and updated regularly.
I’ve had to handle appeals in other states, where I don’t normally practice, and it’s a huge disappointment when a state lacks a guide like this.
As you likely know, our Court of Appeals stays quite busy. That is no less true now, with the 2023-24 term in full swing. Many folks–from the clerk’s office to staff counsel to the judges themselves–help the Court stay current with its sizeable caseload.
But let’s not forget the contributions of the law clerks! As
Justice Trey Allen was kind enough to sit down with me for an interview. At the time of our interview, Justice Allen was our Supreme Court’s Junior Associate Justice (now succeeded in that role by Justice Allison Riggs).
You can find the published interview here as part of the full publication with Lawyers Weekly. You
Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one.
– Doc Brown, “Back To The Future”
On Monday, Governor Cooper elevated Judge Allison Riggs from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, Judge Riggs and her appellate colleagues issued
The Supreme Court of North Carolina gets a lot of questions and filings from unrepresented litigants. Often, those folks are in the wrong court (they should be in the Court of Appeals). Other times, they’re in the right Court, but they have no idea what their filings should look like.
One way to help these
In State v. Richardson, 272A14, filed 1 September 2023, the Supreme Court of North Carolina reviewed the conviction and sentencing of the defendant. The evidence indicated the gruesome and protracted abuse of a child that ended only when the child died. The jury convicted the defendant of first-degree murder and recommended a
Before filing a complaint, make sure you have the correct name of your plaintiff. Otherwise, when you amend the complaint to add the correct plaintiff, you may lose the benefit of the relation back doctrine.
In a short order issued last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court narrowly voted to vacate a Court of Appeals’ opinion in connection with dismissing an appeal on mootness grounds. Well, I said that the order was short, but it garnered a concurrence and three dissents. Why all the fuss?
Walker v. Wake County Sheriff’s
The Complaint can be found here.
Today, Justice Michael Morgan announced that he will be stepping down from his seat on the Supreme Court of North Carolina, effective the week of September 4.
This announcement comes following Justice Morgan’s recent pronouncement that he is considering a run for governor. According to the NC Code of Judicial Conduct, a judge cannot