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Judicial Notice

This section discusses North Carolina Evidence Rule 201 and judicial notice of adjudicative facts.
Keywords: Rule 201, judicial notice, adjudicative fact, legislative fact

Def's Right to 3rd Party Confidential Records

This section discusses a defendant’s right to third-party confidential records under Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
Keywords: In camera review

Voluntary Dismissals (Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a))

This chapter discusses the three methods for voluntary dismissal of a civil action without prejudice, including when statutes of limitations are tolled and when the "two-dismissal rule" applies.
Keywords: voluntary dismissal, without prejudice, two-dismissal rule, savings provision, statute of limitations, tolling, Rule 41

Jury Verdict

This section addresses issues related to the jury verdict in non-capital cases. Keywords: unanimous verdict, verdict sheet, insanity verdict, special verdict, true verdict, inconsistent verdicts, mutually exclusive verdicts, Mumford, jury poll, polling the jury
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Jury Selection

This section discusses juror qualifications, the jury pool and jury selection
Keywords: Batson, peremptory challenges, peremptories, challenges for cause, hardship excuses, G.S. 9-3, equal protection, race discrimination, racial discrimination, fair cross section, special venire, petit jury, juror voir dire, stake-out questions, death qualification

Voir Dire on Drug Detection Dogs

This section provides information about holding a voir dire on drug detection dog evidence.
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Discovery

This chapter discusses the defendant’s state law and federal constitutional discovery rights, the prosecution’s discovery rights and sanctions for discovery violations.
Keywords: Brady material, false evidence

The Judge's Commission

This section discusses assignment of superior court judges to particular terms or sessions of court through the use of commissions issued by the AOC and the chief justice. The section also discusses assignment through the master calendar prepared by the AOC.
Keywords: commission, assignment, master calendar, order of recall, emergency judge, retired judge

Capacity to Proceed

This section discusses the standards and procedures related to challenges to a defendant’s capacity to proceed to trial. It covers, among other things, standards for assessing capacity, expert capacity examinations, hearings on capacity, and involuntary commitment procedures after an order of incapacity.
Keywords: capacity, incapacity, competency, state psychiatric facility, local forensic screener, forcible medication, capacity examination, capacity hearing, AOC-CR-207A, AOC-CR-207B, AOC-CR-208A, AOC-CR-208B, involuntary commitment

Completing Another Judge's Work

This section discusses procedures for completing unfinished judicial work that may be left behind when a judge leaves office. Covering both civil and criminal cases, the section discusses, among other things, recalling the judge who left unfinished business and having one judge complete the work of another.
Keywords: commission, order of recall, Rule 63, G.S. 15A-1224, disabled judge, emergency judge, retired judge