North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina state court trial on whether legislative districts are illegal partisan gerrymanders starts just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it wasn’t the purview of federal courts to decide if boundaries are politically unfair. ...

ASHEVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina district attorney says the family of a murder victim has persuaded prosecutors to drop the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend and permanently injuring her 3-year-old son. Ashville Citizen-Times ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Debate over a narrow spending package to help North Carolina’s government operate in the new fiscal year turned into finger-pointing over a broader budget impasse. The House on July 10 unanimously approved what Republican budget-writers call a ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A bill easing requirements to wipe some criminal records clean is advancing through North Carolina’s legislature. The measure that cleared the House Judiciary Committee on July 10 automates expunctions for criminal charges that don’t result in convictions and ...

RALEIGH (AP) — The drive to enact a new North Carolina state budget idled even as Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper made a counteroffer to the two-year plan he’s already vetoed, and Republicans failed again to locate enough votes to override ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation designed to give North Carolina prosecutors a new tool to convict drug dealers and to require public schools to teach more finance education is now law. The bills are among a dozen that Gov. Roy Cooper ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawyers have two weeks to argue that the state’s prison system and a half-dozen managers aren’t responsible for a prison guard’s fatal beating her father blamed on unaddressed problems including chronic understaffing and insufficient training. ...

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A North Carolina university is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a fatal shooting on its campus in 2018. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Wake Forest University is disputing the allegations lodged by ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A U.S. Attorney in North Carolina announced a man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for reportedly planning to shoot into Raleigh’s federal building. U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin announced the sentencing of 56-year-old ...

GRAHAM (AP) — A woman who attended a court hearing for a triple-murder suspect in Alamance County is behind bars, serving a 10-day sentence for contempt of court. The Times-News of Burlington reports that the first appearance for 26-year-old defendant ...