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- “MAC” Contract and Attachments
- “R” Files – Appointment and Payment of Counsel in Post-Release Supervision and Parole Preliminary Revocation Hearings Before a Hearing Officer, and Post-Release Supervision and Parole Revocation Hearings and Criminal Contempt Proceedings Before the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission.
- “Whiskey in the Courtroom” – Registration now open!
- (Updated August 19) A Letter from the IDS Director: Important Budget Information
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series
- Biomechanics of Head Injuries and Applications to Criminal Cases
- Chad Perry Appointed as Chief Special Counsel
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- 2000 My New Resource
- 2009 Legislation Affecting Commitments, by Ben Turnage, Office of Special Counsel
- 2011 Revisions to the North Carolina Child Support Guidelines
- 2015 Capital Case Cost Study
- 2015 Parent Attorney Conference: Advanced Evidence in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Cases
- 2016 IDS Internal Controls Audit – AOC
- 2016 Parent Attorney Conference: Addressing Issues of Substance Abuse and Addiction
- 2017 IDS Internal Controls Audit – AOC
- 2017 Parent Attorney Conference: Looking Back and Moving Forward: The Next Ten Years of Parent Representation
- 2019 Intensive Parent Defender Training
- 2020 IDS Fiscal Controls Audit Report
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series – Challenging Searches & Seizures of Digital Data
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series – Challenging Searches & Seizures of Digital Data
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series: Challenging Facial Recognition Evidence
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series: Challenging Facial Recognition Evidence
- 2022 IDS Forensic Science Education Series: Challenging the foundational validity of a forensic method
- 2023 Death Penalty Seminar
- 2023 Defender Trial School
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- 2023 Free Summer Criminal Law Update
- 2023 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training
- 2023 Misdemeanor Defender Training
- 2023 NC Appellate Advocacy Training
- 2023 Spring Public Defender Conference
- 2023 Winter Criminal Law Webinar
- 2024 Bar Dues Information – NEW!
- 2024 Child Support Enforcement: Representing Respondents Conference
- 2024 Death Penalty Seminar
- 2024 Defender Trial School
- 2024 Felony Defender Training
- 2024 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training
- 2024 Misdemeanor Defender Training
- 2024 North Carolina Appellate Advocacy Training
- 2024 North Carolina Appellate Advocacy Training – Register Now!
- 2024 Spring Public Defender Conference
- 2024 Western Youth Defender Forum
- 2025 Bridging the Gap Mitigation Conference
- 2025 Death Penalty Seminar – Register NOW!
- 2025 Defender Trial School
- 2025 Felony Defender Training
- 2025 Guardianship Proceedings for Appointed Counsel and Civil Commitment Conferences
- 2025 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training
- 2025 IDS Forensic Science Education Series begins Feb. 6
- 2025 IDS Mental Health Education Series – First FREE Webinar
- 2025 Intensive Parent Defender Training
- 2025 Misdemeanor Training
- 2025 Spring PD Conference Highlights
- 2025 Winter Criminal Law Webinar for Indigent Defenders
- 33 Tips for Appeals
- A Client Bill of Rights
- A.B.A. Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
- A.W. Felton
- A/N/D Training Materials
- ABA Report on Juvenile Delinquency Representation in North Carolina
- Abuse / Neglect / Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases
- Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights
- Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings
- Adjudication Checklist
- Adult Criminal Cases
- Adult Mental Health First Aid
- Adverse Childhood Experiences 101
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- Adverse Childhood Experiences 101 – **Rescheduled** from November 16 to 17
- Adverse Childhood Experiences 101 – December
- Adverse Childhood Experiences 101 – October
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- Adverse Decision of Executive Director and Procedures for Review
- Advocacy in Child Support Cases–Slides
- Advocacy Issues in Contempt Cases
- Alamance County
- Alamance County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Alexander County
- Alexander Alvarado
- Alleghany County
- Allen Brooks
- Amanda Bunch is named IDS Communications Specialist
- AND/TPR Billing Guidelines
- Anders Briefs in Criminal and Delinquency Appeals
- Angela Poole
- Annie Schell
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- Announcing Expert Services Project
- Annual Gault Center South Regional Summit
- Annual Western Death Investigation CLE
- Another Homepage
- Anson County
- Anson & Richmond Counties Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- Anthony Davis
- AOC-A-182 – Request for Special Travel and Training
- AOC-CR-225
- AOC-CR-425
- AOC-CR-426
- AOC-G-200
- AOC-G-309
- AOC-J-411
- AOC-SP-203 – Involuntary Commitment Order Mentally Ill
- AOC-SP-205 – Order to Appear at Supplemental Hearing on Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-206 – Order Supplemental Hearing on Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-220 – Request for Transportation Order and Order (Outpatient Fails but Does Not Clearly Refuse to Comply with Treatment)
- AOC-SP-221 – Request for Supplemental Hearing (Outpatient Clearly Refuses to Comply with Treatment)
- AOC-SP-222 – Notice of Need for Transportation Order and Order (From One 24-Hour Facility to Another)
- AOC-SP-223 – Request for Transportation Order and Order (Committed Substance Abuser Fails to Comply with Treatment or Is Discharged from 24-Hour Facility)
- AOC-SP-224 – Request for Transportation Order and Order (Outpatient Fails to Appear for Prehearing Examination)
- AOC-SP-300 – Affidavit and Petition for Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-301 – Notice of Hearing/Rehearing for Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-302 – Findings and Custody Order Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-304 – Involuntary Commitment Custody Order Defendant Found Incapable to Proceed
- AOC-SP-305 – Findings and Order Involuntary Commitment Physician-Petitioner Recommends Outpatient Commitment
- AOC-SP-306 – Order Involuntary Commitment Proceedings Substance Abuser
- AOC-SP-902M – Request and Authorization to Deliver Respondent
- AOC-SP-904M – Outpatient Commitment Order of Assignment or Denial of Counsel
- AOC-SP-909M – Petition and Custody Order for Special Emergency Substance Abuse Involuntary Commitment
- AOC-SP-910M – Automatic Involuntary Commitment of Defendant Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
- AOC-SP-912M – Appointment of Counsel and Notice of Hearing/Rehearing Voluntary Admission of Minor
- AOC-SP-913M – Order Voluntary Admission of Minor
- AOC-SP-914M – Release of Physical and Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Confidential Court Records for Concealed Handgun Permit
- APDs in District 7 take Oath of Office
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- Appellate Advocacy Training
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- Appellate Entries for Involuntary Commitment Cases
- Appellate Motions
- Appellate Review, David Andrews, Assistant Appellate Defender, and Kristen Todd, Special Counsel
- Appendix – Adult Criminal
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- Appendix – AND + TPR
- Appendix – Civil Commitment
- Appendix – Juvenile Delinquency
- Appendix 1A MAC Crim Waiver
- Application and Order for Defense Expert Witness Funding (AOC-G-309)
- Application for the Mitigation Specialist Rosters
- Application to the Non-Criminal Appeals Roster
- Application to the Non-Criminal Appeals Roster
- Apply for loan repayment assistance now through December 13
- Apply to become a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Welfare Law
- Appointment & Payment of GALs in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases
- Appointment of Counsel in Civil Paternity Cases
- Appointments of Counsel for Non-Parent Respondents
- Aretha Brown
- Ashe County
- Ashley Simmons
- Assistant Capital Defender – Unlawful Workplace Harassment Policy Certification
- Assistant Public Defender makes headlines with the NC AOC
- Attorney Appointment Fee Procedures (G.S. 7A-455.1)
- Attorney Billing Practices
- Attorney Fee Application Forms
- Attorney for the Day Rates / Hourly Rate Exception Chart
- Authorization to Make Admission
- Auto Expunctions to Resume This Week
- Avery County
- Bail Reform
- Barry Lanier
- BatsonJustification
- Beaufort County
- Becky Whitaker joins IDS as the Defender Policy and Planning Attorney
- Before, During and After Prison
- Behind the Bruises: A Medical Perspective on Strangulation in Legal Cases
- Bertie County
- Best Practice Guidelines in Potentially Capital Cases at the Trial Level
- Beth Winston
- Billing for Paralegal Services (MAC)
- Billing in MAC through defenderData
- Bladen County
- Bob Raynor
- Brady Motion
- Brady Motion 2
- Brady Motion for SBI Analyst Personnel Records
- Brian Locklear
- Brian Southard
- Bridging the Gap Mitigation VII Seminar – Registration now OPEN!
- Bridging the Gap VIII Mitigation Conference 2024
- Brief Template
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- Brunswick County
- Brunswick County Courthouse
- Buncombe County
- Burke County
- Burke County Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
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- C. Cameron Carter
- Cabarrus County
- Cabarrus Administrative Order About Fee Petitions
- Caldwell County
- Caldwell County Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- Call for Comments – Improving Indigent Defense System
- Camden County
- Cap on the Number of Pending Cases Per Mitigation Specialist
- Capital Case Rules, Policies, Guidelines, and Info
- Capital Cases
- Capital Defender Directories
- Capital Defender Offices
- Capital Defender Staff Training – Durham
- Capital Defender: Bridge The Gap VI – Mitigation Seminar
- Capital Forms
- Capital Motions
- Capital Post Conviction Cases
- Protected: Capital Post-conviction Roster Reference
- Capital Roster Application
- Carlton Flowers
- Carteret County
- Case Consultations and Other Support
- Case Information Sheet
- Cassandra Arreola
- Caswell County
- Caswell County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Catawba County
- Celebrating ‘Defender Day’ 2024
- Celebrating ‘Defender Day’ 2025
- Certificate of Service
- Certificate of Service – Proposed Record on Appeal
- Certificate of Service – Record on Appeal
- Certificate of Settlement
- Chad Ellis
- Chad Stanbery
- Changes to Fee Apps and Guidance for Using Fee Apps for Payment in eCourts Counties
- Charles Williams
- Chatham County
- Chatham County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Checklist
- Checklist
- Checklist for Appellate Fee Application Submission
- Checklist for Appellate Fee Application Submission
- Cherokee County
- Chief PD Survey Page
- Chief Public Defender featured on National Podcast
- Chief Special Counsel Candidate Presentations
- Protected: Chief Special Counsel Presentations
- Child Support and Contempt
- Child Support Establishment
- Child Support Negotiations
- Child Welfare CLE for Eastern North Carolina
- Chowan County
- Christopher Crawford
- Christopher Rodermond
- Christopher Sadler Named as Research Director
- Civil Commitment
- Civil Commitment Forms & Sample Documents
- Class 3 Misdemeanors: Appointment and Payment of Counsel
- Clay County
- CLE for DWI Criminal Defense Attorneys
- CLE on Lawful Use of Defensive Force
- CLE on Mental Health and Stress Resilience for Attorneys
- Clerk Instructions for Docketing Judgments
- Cleveland County
- Client Form to Appeal
- Client Letter
- Client Memo for Commitment Appeals
- Client Questionnaire
- Clients
- COA Dissent Letter
- Cody Muse
- Cognitive Bias in Forensic Science and the Courtroom
- Cognitive Bias in Forensic Science and the Courtroom
- Collateral Consequences
- Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Adjudications and How to Limit Them with Expunctions
- Columbus County
- Commission Meeting Minutes – Apr 2020
- Commission Meeting Minutes – April 2021
- Commission Meeting Minutes – April 2022
- Commission Meeting Minutes – April 2023
- Commission Meeting Minutes – August 2024
- Commission Meeting Minutes – August 2025
- Commission Meeting Minutes – February 2024
- Commission Meeting Minutes – February 2025
- Commission Meeting Minutes – Jan 2021
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- Commission Meeting Minutes – January 2023
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- Commission Meeting Minutes – Jun 2020
- Commission Meeting Minutes – May 2024
- Commission Meeting Minutes – May 2025
- Commission Meeting Minutes – November 2024
- Commission Meeting Minutes – Oct 2020
- Commission Meeting Minutes – October 2022
- Commission Meeting Minutes – October 2023
- Commission Meeting Minutes – Dec 2019
- Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2021
- Commission Meeting Minutes – Oct 2019
- Commission Meeting Minutes – October 2021
- Commission on IDS honors Joseph L. Ross II with the 2023 ‘Ruby’ Award
- Commission on IDS to meet October 20, 2023
- Commission on Indigent Defense Services
- Commissioner Beeler is honored at the May 3 meeting of the IDS Commission
- Comparison of Criminal and Civil Contempt
- Complex DNA Mixtures Interpretation and the Incorporation of Probabilistic Genotyping (PG) Software Webinar
- Conditions of Payment for Appellate Representation
- Protected: Confidential Reference
- Congratulations, from IDS!
- Connecting with Challenging and Complicated Clients
- Contact Us
- Contempt
- Contract Attorneys
- Contractor Orientation Packet
- Contracts & RFPs
- Cory Barnette
- Counsel Rates
- Court of Appeals (see “Trial Level”)
- Court of Appeals Brief Extension
- Court of Appeals Record Extension
- Court of Appeals Transcript Extension
- Court System Directories
- Cover Letter for filing DSS 6246
- COVID Emergency Teleconference Reimbursement Form
- COVID-19 Information
- Craven County
- Crime Scene Access Motion and Order
- Criminal and Civil Contempt Flow Chart
- Criminal defense group visits State Crime Lab
- Criminal Offense Lists
- Cross-Examining Digital Forensic Experts Webinar
- Cumberland County
- Current Developments in Criminal Law
- Current Developments in Criminal Law – Webinar
- Currituck County
- CY 2020
- Daniel Baldwin
- Danielle Hart
- Dare County
- Darin Church
- Darrell Taylor
- David Emerick
- David James
- David Munday
- David Poston
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Deadline to register for the 2023 Spring PD Conference!
- Death Penalty Seminar 2022
- Debbie Stancil
- December 2024 PAC Fund Update
- Defender District 1
- Defender District 10 – Application for Civil Contempt List
- Defender District 10 – Indigent Appointment Plan
- Defender District 10 hosts International Law Fellows
- Defender District 12
- Defender District 14 – Indigent Appointment Plan
- Defender District 15B – Indigent Appointment Plan
- Defender District 16A Scotland & Hoke Counties
- Defender District 16B
- Defender District 18
- Defender District 2
- Defender District 20 visits District 26 to prepare for its upcoming transition to eCourts
- Defender District 21
- Defender District 26
- Defender District 27A
- Defender District 28
- Defender District 29A
- Defender District 29B
- Defender District 3A – Indigent Appointment Plan
- Defender District 3B
- Defender District 42 gains client advocate position
- Defender District 5
- Defender Office Policies
- Defender Training Resources
- Defender Trainings and CLEs
- Defender Trial School
- defenderData Beta Testing
- defenderData Roll-Out: Important Dates
- defenderData Training Event – August 5, 2024
- Defending Death by Distribution Cases – Registration is open!
- Defense Challenges to Firearms Evidence
- Defense Petition for Expert Hourly Rate Deviation (AOC-G-310)
- Defense Team
- Defenses in Child Support Proceedings
- Demand for Probable Cause Hearing and Motion for Recordation
- Demand to Proceed With Prosecution of Confined Inmate
- Deposition Notice
- Depositions: Deposition Policy
- Depositions: Sample Motion for Deposition Costs
- Depositions: Sample Order for Deposition Costs
- Determining the Methods of Indigent Legal Service Delivery in a Judicial District
- Dionne Porter
- Direct Deposit
- Direct Deposit/ePay Form
- Directory – Office of Special Counsel
- Discovery Inventories
- Discovery Order
- Discretion in Capital Sentencing Instructions
- Disestablishment of Paternity
- Dispositions in Criminal Contempt
- District 11B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 13A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 13B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 15A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 17B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 19A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 19B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 19C Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 19D Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 2 Seeks Assistant Public Defender for Felonies
- District 20A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 22A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 22B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 23 Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 24 Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 25B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 27B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 30A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 30B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 6 gets new Chief Public Defender
- District 6 Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 7A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 7B & 7C Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 8A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 8B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 9 Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- District 9B Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- DMH 5-72-01 – Examination and Recommendation to Determine Necessity for Involuntary Commitment
- DNA Mixtures Webinar: Likelihood ratios and challenges to STRMix evidence
- DNA Mixtures Webinar: Likelihood ratios and challenges to STRMix evidence
- Don’t miss the 2023 Winter Criminal Law Webinar
- Don’t miss the upcoming IDS Forensic Science Education Series CLE Opportunity
- Dorothy Hairston Mitchell Appointed as Chair of the North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense
- Douglas Hoffman
- DSS 6246
- DSS Manual Excerpt
- DSS to Chapter 50 Order
- Duke Law School
- Duplin County
- Durham County
- Durham County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Durham County Courthouse
- Duty to Monitor Appointment of Trial Counsel After Appellate Relief
- DWI Knoll Motions
- E. Vann Tate
- eCOURTS
- eCourts Tips
- Eddie Kluttz
- Edgecombe County
- Effect of Statute of Limitations on Attorney Fee Judgments
- Employee Reimbursement Form – October 2023
- Entitlement to and Payment of GALs
- Entitlement to Counsel after a Permanent Plan
- Eric Dyson
- Erica Spence
- Erroneous ‘Retained’ Status in eCourts Portal will not affect payment
- Essentials of Contempt
- Etta Blankenship
- Protected: Evaluation of IDS Executive Director
- Ex Parte Motion and Order for Funds for Defense Psychological Expert
- Ex Parte Motion and Order for Funds for Defense Psychological Expert
- Ex Parte Motion and Order for Jail Records
- Ex Parte Motion and Order for Production of Records of Dorothea Dix Hospital
- Ex Parte Motion and Order to Provide Defendant’s Medical, Mental Health, and School Records to Defense Counsel
- Ex Parte Motion for Funds for an Expert Witness
- Ex Parte Motion for Funds for Medical Expert
- Ex Parte Motion for Funds for Psychologist
- Ex Parte Motion for Funds to Hire Mitigation Investigator
- Expense Reimbursement Rates
- Expense Reimbursement Rates
- Expense Reimbursement Rates (PAC)
- Expert Contact Visits with Inmates at Central Prison
- Expert Fee and Expense Policies
- Expert Fee and Expense Policies
- Expert Fee and Expense Policies (Non-Capital and Non-Criminal Cases at the Trial Level) July 2023
- Expert Fee and Expense Policies (Potentially Capital Cases and Appeals) July 2023
- Expert Request – Post Conviction
- Expert Requests and Spending
- Expert Services Project
- Expert Spending Study: Key Findings
- Expert Testimony Categories Form
- Experts and Investigators
- Extension and Waiver of Appointed Attorney Fee Application Deadline Policy
- FAQ – Uniform Fees
- Fee Application, Attorney
- Fee Transparency
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- File PDR Letter
- Fillable Motion for Review (AOC-J-140)
- Fillable Notice of Hearing in Juvenile Proceeding (AOC-J-141)
- Fillable Petition to Sue/Appeal as an Indigent (AOC-G-106)
- Fillable Subpoena (AOC-G-100)
- Fillable Subpoena (AOC-G-100)
- Fillable Timeline for Appeal
- First Chief Public Defender Appointed for Cleveland and Lincoln Counties
- First social worker to serve in a PD office retires
- Flat Fee Policies
- For all IDS Employees: Use only the new IDS-A-25 travel form for reimbursement
- For Clients
- For Mitigation Specialists
- For Public Defenders
- For the Courts
- For the Defense Team
- For the Public
- Forensic Psychological Evaluations: Guidelines for Attorneys
- Forensic Video and Audio Enhancement
- Forensic Webinar
- Forensic Webinar
- Forensic webinars wrap up for the year
- Forms – Parent Representation
- Forsyth County
- Franklin County
- Franklin County Contract Appointment Instructions
- FREE 2024 Winter Criminal Law Update Webinar – Register Now!
- Free CLE event explores “Defending Death by Distribution” cases
- Free CLE on Crisis Response Services
- FREE NACDL Webinar on March 28th
- FREE Online CLE! NC Criminal Cannabis Law Update – Fall 2024
- FREE Webinar for Indigent Defenders in Civil Proceedings
- FREE webinar on being inclusive and welcoming to persons with disabilities in the legal system
- FREE WEBINAR–Break the Stigma: Let’s Talk About It
- FREE WEBINAR–Break the Stigma: Let’s Talk About It
- FREE WEBINAR: Adverse Childhood Experiences 101
- FREE WEBINAR: Adverse Childhood Experiences 101
- FREE Webinar: for Indigent Defenders in Civil Proceedings
- FREE WEBINAR: How to be inclusive and welcoming to persons with disabilities in the legal system
- FREE WEBINAR: How to be inclusive with people who have disabilities
- FREE WEBINAR: QPR – Question, Persuade and Refer – Supporting Individuals who are Suicidal/In Crisis
- FREE WEBINAR: QPR – Question, Persuade and Refer – Supporting Individuals who are Suicidal/In Crisis
- FREE WEBINAR: Question, Persuade and Refer – Supporting Individuals who are Suicidal/In Crisis
- FREE WEBINAR: Recovery Courts for Defenders
- FREE Webinar: Summer 2024 Criminal Law Update
- FREE Wymore Jury Selection Seminar
- Free-to-attend Ethics Hour Opportunity
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions for Attorneys Appointed by the Office of Capital Defender in Potentially Capital Cases at the Trial Level
- Funding Crisis
- FY 2021
- FY 2022 YTD
- FY02 District Court Fee Application Study
- FY02 NC Public Defender Office & Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY02 North Carolina Office of the Appellate Defender & Private Assigned Counsel Cost Benefit Analysis
- FY02 Superior Court Fee Application Study
- FY04 End-of-Year Fiscal Analysis
- FY04 Public Defender and Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY05 Private Assigned Counsel Waiting-In-Court Study
- FY05 Public Defender and Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY06 Public Defender and Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY07 Capital Trial Case Study: PAC and Expert Spending in Potentially Capital Cases at Trial Level
- FY07 Public Defender and Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY10 Public Defender and Private Assigned Counsel Cost Analysis
- FY11 Reclassification Impact Study
- FY12 Private Appointed Counsel Average Hours Study
- FY15 Capital Trial Case Study – Potentially Capital Case Costs at the Trial Level
- FY19 Effective Pay Rate Overhead Report
- FY19 Effective Pay Rate Overhead Report
- FY2021 Annual Report for Commission on Indigent Defense Services
- FY2022 Annual Report on the Commission for Indigent Defense Services
- FY2023 Annual Report for the Commission on Indigent Defense
- FY2024 Annual Report for the Commission on Indigent Defense
- Garland Slate
- Garrett Parthum
- Gaston County
- Gaston County Assistant Public Defender named to Superior Court bench
- Gates County
- George Porter
- Get Help
- Get Paid
- Getting Experts–Release
- Getting Police Personnel Records: Motions and Orders
- GlossipMaterials
- Got Questions?
- Governor Cooper appoints Boxberger to the Wake County Bench
- GPS and Electronic Monitoring Virtual CLE
- Graham County
- Granville County
- Granville County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Great New Resource From SOG
- Greene County
- Greene County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Gregory Beam
- Grounds for Suppression or Dismissal in DWI Cases
- Guilford County
- Halifax County
- Harnett County
- Harnett County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Haywood County
- Help Grow Public Defense in NC
- Henderson County
- Hertford County
- Higher-Level Felony Defense
- Highlights of the Nov. 21 IDS Commission Meeting
- Hoke County
- Hoke and Scotland counties get a new chief public defender
- Holistic Wellness Event
- Home
- Hourly Rate Charts (Tenths of Hours Worked x Applicable Rate)
- How the System Works
- How to Appeal
- How to Deal with Challenging Opposing Counsel
- How to File Fee Apps for Session Court using eCourts
- How to make sure your Objections are Heard on Appeal
- Human Factors in Forensic Science Webinar
- Human Factors in Forensic Science Webinar
- Hyde County
- I Need a Lawyer
- ICPC Order
- ICPC Order-Priority Placement
- IDS Annual Report to Legislature 2020
- IDS appoints Jamie Blackwell to Business Analyst & Process Manager
- IDS celebrates colleagues for Veterans Day
- IDS collaborates with UNC School of Government to plan upcoming curriculum for defense attorneys
- IDS Commission – Development Committee
- IDS Commission – Development Committee
- IDS Commission – Personnel Committee
- IDS Commission acknowledges Pitt County Chief Public Defender
- IDS Commission Approves New Rules, Billing Policies Effective January 1, 2026
- IDS Commission Meeting
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- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting
- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting
- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting
- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting
- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting
- IDS Commission Quarterly Meeting – August 22, 2025
- IDS Commission Reappoints Appellate Defender
- IDS Commission reappoints two defenders
- IDS Commission Resolution Concerning New Rates for Private Assigned Counsel
- IDS Commission to Meet August 22
- IDS Commission to meet August 9
- IDS Commission to meet May 2
- IDS Commission to meet May 3
- IDS Commission to meet Nov. 15, 2024
- IDS Commission to Meet November 21
- IDS Commission votes on next Parent Defender
- IDS Communications Specialist Featured in New York Art Show
- IDS Defenders
- IDS Forensic Science Education Series
- IDS Forensic Science Education Series
- IDS Forensic Webinar – Challenging eyewitness ID testimony and utilizing defense experts
- IDS Forensic Webinar – Challenging the validation of a forensic method
- IDS Forensic Webinar – Working with defense experts
- IDS Forensic Webinar: Using the NAS Report and PCAST Report at trial to challenge unreliable forensic methods
- IDS Forms
- IDS holds ‘onboarding’ for historic public defender expansion
- IDS offers defenderData workshop
- IDS Policies & Procedures
- IDS Policies and Procedures
- IDS Policies Governing Attorney Fee and Expense Applications in Non-Capital Criminal and Non-Criminal Cases at the Trial Level
- IDS Policies Governing Attorney Fee and Expense Applications in Potentially Capital Cases at the Trial Level, Appeals, and Capital Post-Conviction Cases
- IDS Policies, Rules & Procedures
- IDS Policy on Payment of Indirect Costs
- IDS Procedures for Ordering a Transcript
- IDS Procedures for Ordering a Transcript
- IDS provides updates around the Launch of the NCFS
- IDS publishes its first Newsletter
- IDS Quarterly Commission Meeting
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS Report to the General Assembly
- IDS returns to the 71st Annual Assistant and Deputy Clerks Educational Conference
- IDS returns to the Annual Assistant and Deputy Clerks Educational Conference for a second consecutive year
- IDS seeks Parent Defender
- IDS Seeks Regional Defender
- IDS shows support for individuals taking the NC Bar Exam
- IDS Sponsored Public Defense Programs
- IDS Staff
- IDS to offer free CLE on Adverse Childhood Experiences; Preregistration is Open Now
- IDS to offer free MH CLE on Secondary Traumatic Stress; Preregistration is open!
- IDS to offer Introductory Webinar on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Secondary Trauma, and Forensics 101
- IDS Transcript Ordering Procedure
- IDS Trial Resources
- IDS Welcomes Carla Huff, IDS Recruitment and Training Coordinator
- IDS Welcomes Kevin Boxberger as New Regional Defender
- IDS welcomes new assistant public defenders
- IDS welcomes new data analyst
- IDS welcomes new Regional Defender
- IDS welcomes Senior Research Associate
- IDS welcomes Shannon Simmons to the Fiscal Team
- IDS-003 – Potentially Capital Cases and Appeals Fee Application
- IDS-010 – Non-Capital Designation
- IDS-018: Advance Deadline Extension Request Form
- IDS-019: Deadline Waiver Request Form
- IDS-021
- IDS-024 – Exceptional Case Application
- IDS-025 – Pre-Trial Case Info
- IDS-026 – Outcome of Rule 24 Hearing Form
- IDS-027 – Trial Date Setting
- IDS-028 – Ex Parte Request for Expert Funding (Capital Trial)
- IDS-028 – Ex Parte Request for Expert Funding (Capital Trial)
- IDS-029 – Ex Parte Request for Expert Funding (Capital Post-conviction)
- IDS-030 – Appeal Notification Form
- IDS-031 Racial Justice Act Fee Addendum
- IDS-032 – RJA Motions Reporting Form
- IDS-036 – Outcome Of Case Form
- IDS-037 Case Status Fee Application Addendum
- IDS-039 – Appeal Notification Form
- IDS-041, Request for Extraordinary Pay or Expense Application (Criminal & Per Session Contractor)
- IDS-042, Request for Consultation & Advance Approval of Hourly Compensation or Caseload Reduction (High Level Felony Contractor)
- IDS-043, Application for Pre-Approved Hourly Compensation or Caseload Reduction (High Level Felony Contractor)
- IDS-045 Out-of-State Travel Expense Request for Potentially Capital Case at the Trial Level
- IDS-A-25 – Travel Reimbursement Form
- IDS, OJD attend Campbell University Career Night
- Immigration Collateral Consequences for Youth
- Immigration Consultations
- Immigration Intake Form (PDF)
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- Important Changes to IDS Rules and Billing Policies
- Important Message for all Private Assigned Counsel, Contract Attorneys, and Experts!
- Important PAC Fund Update!
- Important Update: How to get paid in expunged cases
- Imputing Income to Parents in Child Support Proceedings
- In-depth Case Study Discussion with the Experts: Diminished Capacity, Mitigation, or something else?
- Inaugural Leader for the state Office of the Parent Defender (OPD) is set to retire
- Indigency Defined
- Indigent Defense Attorney or Expert Electronic Payment Form
- Indigent Defense Services Proposed Policies Governing Attorney Fee and Expense Applications for Uniform Fee Pilot
- Indigent Defense Study Commission Report and Recommendations
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel by County or District
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Alamance County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Caswell County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Franklin County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Granville County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Green County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Harnett County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Johnston County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Lee County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Lenoir County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Person County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Vance County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Warren County
- Instructions for Appointment of Contract Counsel in Non-Capital Criminal Cases in Wayne County
- Intensive Juvenile Defender Training
- Intensive Juvenile Training
- Interactive Attorney Rate Calculator
- Interpreting Complex DNA Mixtures with STRmix
- Intraoffice Sexual and Romantic Relationships
- Intro to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Secondary Trauma & Forensics 101
- Introduction Letter
- Introduction to Wymore Jury Selection – Salisbury
- Introduction to Wymore Jury Selection – Wilmington
- Introduction to Wymore Jury Selection – *For attorneys on the Capital Roster Only
- Introduction to Wymore Jury Selection 2025
- Investigating a Criminal Case – Register by July 27
- Investigator Directory
- Invisible Sentence: Recognizing, Supporting, and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents
- Iredell County
- ITP Motion for Review
- iWebVisit Direct Bill Attestation
- iWebVisit Policy
- Jack Waddell
- Jackson County
- Jacob Ward is sworn in as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new 15th Defender District covering Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties
- Jailhouse Informant Testimony Webinar
- James Battle
- James Gilchrist
- Janna Allison is sworn in as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new 43rd Defender District
- Jason Munday
- Jason Vasilko
- Jaymes Holden
- Jennifer Adams
- Jennifer Rierson is sworn in as Chief Public Defender for the new 24th Defender District (formerly 18th), covering Guilford County
- Jermaine Norfleet
- Jerry Waller
- Jerry Wiggs
- Joel Johnson
- John “Ben” Whitehurst
- John Corcoran
- Johnathan Mason
- Johnston County
- Johnston County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Johnston County gains Public Defender Office; Inaugural Chief is sworn in
- Johnston County public defender holds swearing-in ceremony
- Join Our Team: Chief Special Counsel
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- Join us in February for the 2024 IDS Forensic Science Education Series
- Jonathan Collier
- Jones County
- Joseph Felton
- Joseph Smith
- Joshua W. Willey, Jr. is sworn in as the new Chief Public Defender for Defender District 4, covering Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties
- Judicial Employee Electronic Payment Form (Direct Deposit)
- July 15 IDS Commission Meeting Agenda and Materials
- Jurisdiction
- JurisLink Teleconference Direct Bill Procedures
- Jury Instructions. Penalty Phase Revised 3-2000 Version
- JURY SELECTION QUESTIONS
- Juvenile
- Juvenile Defender Conference
- Juvenile Defender Conference & Parent Attorney Conference — August 28th and 29th
- Juvenile Law CLE Opportunity – November 1 – For Parent Defenders* – At the Pitt County Courthouse
- Juvenile Law CLE Opportunity – October 25 – For Juvenile and Parent Defenders* – At the Duplin County Courthouse
- Kay Rivera
- Kelly Reeves
- Kenneth Duckworth
- Kenneth Richardson
- Kevin Murry
- Kevin Wetzel
- Lay Witness Travel Request Form
- LC/MS and its Application in Forensic Toxicology
- Lee County
- Lee County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Lee County Contractor Appointment Instructions District 11A Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- Legal Professionals Complete 2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series
- Legislative Updates – Civil Commitment & Guardianship
- Lenoir County
- Lenoir County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Lenoir-Peek Named New Parent Defender for the State of North Carolina
- Leroy Everhart, BAI, CCDI, SAKU
- Letter to Trial Court
- Lincoln County
- Litigating Fair Cross Section Challenges (NC)
- Litigating Sex Offense Cases Webinar
- LME/MCO Information Session
- LME/MCO Information Session*
- Lori Anderson
- MAC Contract Appointment Regulations 2022
- MAC FAQs + Samples
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- Macon County
- Madison County
- Making sure the sentence you are asking for is the one you want – FREE Webcast
- Managed Assigned Counsel (“MAC”)
- Protected: Managed Assigned Counsel (Hidden)
- Managed Assigned Counsel Application
- Managed Assigned Counsel Application
- Managed Assigned Counsel Application
- Managed Assigned Counsel Virtual Townhall
- Managed Assigned Counsel Virtual Townhall
- Managed Assigned Counsel Virtual Townhall
- Managed Assigned Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
- Mandatory Appellate Training
- Mandatory Appellate Training
- Mandatory Consultations and Notifications in Capital Post-Conviction Cases
- Mandatory Training for Capital Attorneys
- Mandatory Training for Capital Post-Conviction Attorneys
- MAR to Correct Maximum Sentence in a Drug Trafficking Case
- MAR to Correct Prior Record Level
- MAR to Resentence on Habitual Impaired Driving
- MAR to Vacate Habitual Felon Conviction where Two Prior Felonies Committed Prior to Defendant Turning 18
- Marc Ridgill
- Marcus Lawing
- Marijuana Impairment FAQ
- Marshall Crutchfield
- Martin County
- Marybell Acevedo
- Mastering voir dire Cross Examination in Pregnancy
- Materials
- Max Silva joins IDS to serve as Legal Assistant
- McDowell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Mecklenburg Public Defender’s Office
- Melanie Leonard
- Melissa Seiler
- Memo on Ex Parte Motions for Experts in AND cases
- Memo on Interpretation and Translation Services
- MEMORANDUM RE JURY VOIR DIRE
- Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Attorneys
- Mental Health and Stress Resilience for Attorneys
- Message regarding recent destruction in the wake of Hurricane Helene
- Michael Chapin
- Michael Franklin
- Michael Hunter
- Michael Robinson
- Michael Vaden
- Miki Williams
- Misdemeanor Defender Training
- Mitchell County
- Mitigation for the Noncapital Client – A Series!
- Mitigation for the Noncapital Client – A Series!
- Mitigation Roster Application
- Mitigation Specialist Rosters
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Motion and Order for Deposition Costs
- Motion and Order for Discovery
- Motion and Order for Non-Testimonial Identification Procedure Pursuant to G.S. 15A-281
- Motion and Order for Non-Testimonial Voice Identification Procedure Pursuant to G.S. 15A-281
- Motion and Order for Production of Prior Trial Transcript
- Motion and Order for Remote Testimony
- Motion and Order to Dismiss Based on Bond Increase After Notice of Appeal for Trial de Novo
- Motion and Order to Dismiss Based on Bond Increase After Notice of Appeal for Trial de Novo
- Motion and Order to Dismiss DWI-Blood Draw by Force
- Motion and Order to Suppress Evidence from Car Stop Based on 4th Am. and Equal Protection Clause
- Motion for Appeal Bond
- Motion for Appointment of Appellate Counsel (civil contempt – when not previously represented by court-appointed attorney)
- Motion for Bill of Particulars
- Motion for Bill of Particulars Regarding Escape from Prison
- Motion for Bill of Particulars Regarding First Degree Murder
- Motion for Bill of Particulars Regarding Sex Offense and Indecent Liberties
- Motion for Bill of Particulars Regarding Stalking
- Motion for Bill of Particulars Regarding Vehicle Offenses
- Motion for Bond Reduction (with Stipulation)
- Motion for Change of Venue (pretrial publicity)
- Motion for Complete Recordation (of all proceedings in superior court, with supporting grounds)
- Motion for Complete Recordation (of all proceedings in superior court)
- Motion for Complete Recordation (of district court proceedings)
- Motion for Complete Recordation of All Proceedings
- Motion for Continuance
- Motion for Court to Give Understandable Jury Instructions
- Motion for Court to Note the Race of Every Potential Juror Examined in This Case
- Motion for Court to Note the Race of Every Potential Juror Examined in This Case
- Motion for Disclosure of Aggravating Circumstances
- Motion for Disclosure of Identification Procedures
- Motion for Disclosure of State’s Theory of Acting-in-Concert
- Motion for Discovery of DNA Testing Information
- Motion for Discovery of Information Pertaining to Jury Selection Training
- Motion for Discovery of Laboratory/Scientific Evidence
- Motion for Discovery Pusuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-903
- Motion for Extension
- Motion for Extension of Time on PROA
- Motion for Extension of Time on Transcript
- Motion for Family Day Visit
- Motion for Funds for Social Work Expert
- Motion for Individual Voir Dire on Sensitive Subjects
- Motion for Individual Voir Dire on Sensitive Subjects
- Motion for Jury Instruction under Enmund v. Florida and Tison v. Arizona
- Motion for Non-Testimonial Identification Procedures
- Motion for Order of Contempt
- Motion for Peremptory Instructions on Mitigating Circumstances
- Motion for Pre-Selection Instructions to Potential Jurors
- Motion for Pre-Trial Hearing to Determine that Defendant is Mentally Retarded
- Motion for Production of Exculpatory Information
- Motion for Production of Transcript
- Motion For Release of Unlawfully Detained Probationer
- Motion for Rule 4 Service
- Motion for Separate Juries
- Motion for Separate Trial
- Motion for Separate Trial
- Motion for Visits and Case Plan for Incarcerated Parents
- Motion in Limine
- Motion in Limine to Exclude 404(b) Evidence
- Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence of Outstanding Warrant and Cocaine in Defendant’s Possession at Time of Arrest
- Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence of Plea Offer
- Motion in Limine to Limit Testimony of Statements of Defendant
- Motion In Limine to Limit Testimony of Statements of Defendant
- Motion in Limine to Prohibit Reference to Defendant’s Silence
- Motion in Limine to Prohibit Reference to Defendant’s Silence
- Motion in Limine to Suppress Evidence of Drugs Found on Passenger
- Motion in Limine Unrecorded Statements of Defendant
- Motion Requesting Additional Transcript
- Motion Requesting Oral Argument
- Motion to Allow Defendant to Address the Jury
- Motion to Allow Defense Counsel to Distribute a questionnaire to Potential Jurors
- Motion to Allow Defense Counsel to Question any Potential Jurors Challenged for Cause by the Prosecutor Based on Opposition to the Death Penalty
- Motion to Amend Brief
- Motion to Apply Objective Observer Standard
- Motion to Bar the State from Presenting Inconsistent Theories of Prosecution
- Motion to Compel Discovery Of Officers’ Personnel Files and Police Department’s Motion to Quash Subpoena
- Motion to Compel Investigating Officers to Turn Over All Information Related to the Investigation of this Case to Prosecutors
- Motion to Compel Officers to Turn Over Information about Investigation to Prosecutors
- Motion to Compel State to Disclose Evidence that Would Assist Motions Filed by Defendant to Have a Reasonable Bond Set
- Motion to Compel State to Disclose Felonies It Intends to Use to Support Felony-Murder Theory
- Motion to Compel State to Disclose Theory Upon Which It Seeks a Conviction of First Degree Murder
- Motion to Continue
- Motion to Continue (Medical Reasons)
- Motion to Disclose Evidence of Prior Bad Acts or Crimes
- Motion to Disclose Penalty Phase Information
- Motion to Dismiss 12(b)(6)
- Motion to Dismiss Based on Pre-Accusation Delay
- Motion to Dismiss Defective Indictment
- Motion to Dismiss for Speedy Trial Violation
- Motion to Dismiss Habitual Felon Indictment and Preserve Issues
- Motion to Dismiss Indictment Charging Only Misdemeanors
- Motion to Dismiss Juvenile Case in Adult Court
- Motion to Dismiss Probation Violation Where Probation Period has Ended
- Motion to Dismiss Warrant For Failure to Allege an Element of the Charged Crime
- Motion to Distribute Prospective Juror Questionnaire
- Motion to Exclude Photographs
- Motion to Exclude Photographs
- Motion to Exclude Still Photographers, TV Cameras and Microphones from the Courtroom
- Motion to Exclude Testimony Regarding Field Sobriety Tests
- Motion to Exclude Testimony Regarding Field Sobriety Tests
- Motion to Exclude Witnesses from Courtroom, to Produce Prior Statements and Criminal Records of Witnesses, etc.
- Motion to Extend Page/Word Limit
- Motion to Instruct Jury On Defendant’s Burden of Proof On Mitigating Circumstances
- Motion to Instruct Jury on Emotionally Troubled Youth as a Mitigating Circumstance
- Motion to Instruct Jury on Evidence of Low I.Q.
- Motion to Instruct Jury on Satisfactory Prison Adjustment
- Motion to Instruct the Jury on Age as a Statutory Mitigating Factor
- Motion to Limit Victim-Impact Evidence
- Motion to Memorialize Discovery Provided by the Prosecutor Pursuant to an Open File Policy
- Motion to Memorialize Discovery Provided by the Prosecutor Pursuant to an Open File Policy
- Motion to Obtain Mental Health Records
- Motion to Obtain Mental Health Records
- Motion to Preclude Death Penalty
- Motion to Preclude Leading Questions and Conclusory Statement on Voir Dire of Prospective Jurors
- Motion to Preclude State from Using any Juvenile Conviction as an Aggravating Factor
- Motion to Preserve All Notes, Questionnaires, and Other Documents from Jury Selection
- Motion to Preserve State’s Files
- Motion to Prevent the State from Seeking the Death Penalty and Objections to this Court Declaring this Case Capital
- Motion to Produce Impeachment Material and Prior Statements
- Motion to Prohibit a Death Sentence Based on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Customary International Law
- Motion to Prohibit District Attorney from Peremptorily Challenging Prospective Black Jurors
- Motion to Prohibit Peremptory Strikes Based on Race
- Motion to Prohibit Prosecutor from Telling the Jury that Mitigating Factors are Things that Reduce the Severity of the Crime
- Motion to Publish
- Motion to Quash
- Motion to Re-Open the Evidence
- Motion to Require Sequestration of State’s Witnesses
- Motion to Rescue
- Motion to Restrict Prosecutor’s Argument
- Motion to Reveal Deals or Concessions
- Motion to Reveal Deals or Concessions
- Motion to Reveal Witness Identity
- Motion to Sequester
- Motion to Set Aside Failure to Appear and Forfeiture and Recall Order for Arrest
- Motion to Sever (defendant’s trial from that of co-defendant)
- Motion to Stay Execution of Judgment for Civil Contempt
- Motion to Stay Pending Appeal
- Motion to Strike
- Motion to Strike Trial Date Set Unilaterally
- Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained as a Result of the Illegal Search and Seizure for Hemp/Marijuana
- Motion to Suppress Evidence Seized Pursuant to Warrantless Search of Home
- Motion to Suppress Evidence Seized Pursuant to Warrantless Search of Vehicle
- Motion to Suppress Intoxilyzer Results Where Notice of Statutory Rights Not Provided to Non-English Speaking Defendant in His Native Language
- Motion to Suppress Results of Chemical Analysis and to Dismiss Pursuant to Knoll, Hill, et al.
- Motion to Suppress Show-up Identification for Failure to Comply with Eyewitness Identification Reform Act
- Motion to Suppress Where Search Warrant Not Supported by Probable Cause
- Motion to Withdraw Appeal
- Motion to Withdraw Argument
- Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (Client Request)
- Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (Constructive Discharge)
- MotionDetermineIntellDisability
- Motions Bank
- Motions for Appropriate Relief (to correct unlawful judgments)
- Motions for Appropriate Relief Pending Appeal
- Motions for Appropriate Relief Pending Appeal
- Motions for Constitutional Discovery
- Motions for Constitutional Discovery
- Motions for En Banc Hearing and Rehearing Under Rule 31.1
- MotionToDeclareDPUnconst
- My Client Wants to Appeal
- My Client Wants to Appeal a Contempt Order. Now What Do I Do?
- My New NCIDS Resource – UPDATED JUNE 7
- N.C. Best Practice Guidelines – Potentially Capital Cases at Trial Level
- N.C. Collateral Consequences Assessment Tool
- N.C. Criminal Law Blog
- N.C. Judicial College
- N.C. Prosecutors’ Resource Online
- N.C. Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook
- N.C. Trial Judges’ Bench Book on Child Support
- Nani Suarez joins the OJD
- Narley Cashwell Jr.
- Nash County
- National College for Capital Voir Dire’s May Training
- Navigating the Capacity and Commitment Process
- NC has a presence at the 2023 Gideon’s Promise Leadership Summit
- NC Lawyers’ Weekly Names Wendy Sotolongo to 2022 Power List
- NC Non-Capital Adult Criminal Case Flow Chart
- NCAJ Criminal Masters in Advocacy
- NCAJ Skills Academy – Intermediate Criminal Defense (Expert Witnesses/Motions Practice)
- NCAJ Skills Academy – Legal Writing
- NCAJ Virtual Convention
- NCAOC podcast features historic interview with Wallace C. Harrelson
- NCFS goes live October 10; Action Required for Employees who use FIORI
- New Chief for Robeson County sworn in
- New Felony Defender
- New Hanover County
- New Hanover PD Office expands, opens second office in Pender County
- New Options in Capacity to Proceed to Trial Restoration
- New PAC Attorney Signup
- New Private Assigned Counsel Chart
- New Rate Chart for PAC (as of January 1, 2022)
- New Resource for Attorneys Appointed in Felony Sex Offense Cases
- New Video on Working with Experts
- Niccoya Dobson to serve new Defender District 5 covering Duplin, Jones and Sampson counties
- No PDR, No MEBR Letter
- No PDR, No MEBR Letter – Attachment
- No-Merit Briefs
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA – Affidavit of Client
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Client
- NOA Not Signed by Client – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Signed by Client – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Timely
- NOA Not Timely – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Timely – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective – Affidavit of Counsel
- Non-Capital Criminal or Non-Criminal Appeals Fee Application Order for Payment Judgment Against Indigent Or Parent/Guardian
- Non-Capital Criminal Or Non-Criminal Appeals Fee Application Order For Payment Judgment Against Indigent Or Parent/Guardian
- Nondisclosure Agreement
- North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
- North Carolina Child Support Enforcement Manual
- North Carolina defenders explore bringing social workers on staff to address needs that go beyond what happens in the courtroom
- North Carolina Department of Public Safety Criminal Offender Search
- North Carolina District Attorney Search
- North Carolina Judicial Directory Search
- North Carolina Statewide Defender Directories
- North Carolina Trial Judges’ Bench Book, Vol. 1 Family Law, Chapter 3 Child Support
- North Carolina’s Criminal Justice System: A Comparison of Prosecution and Indigent Defense Resources
- Northampton County
- Notice of Appeal
- Notice of Appeal – Order Eliminating Reunification (no TPR)
- Notice of Appeal – Order Eliminating Reunification (with TPR)
- Notice of Appeal (civil contempt)
- Notice of Appeal (criminal contempt)
- Notice of Appeal from District to Superior Court
- Notice of Appeal from Superior Court to Court of Appeals
- Notice of Appeal-Adjudication and Disposition Order
- Notice of Appeal-Order Changing Custody
- Notice of Appeal-Order Changing Custody and Civil Custody Order
- Notice of Appeal-Termination of Parental Rights
- Notice of Intent & Request for Judicial Notice
- Notice of Rate Hikes for PAC and Contract Attorneys
- Notice of Rate Increase for Private Investigators and Mitigation Specialists
- Notice of Reciprocal Discovery
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony – Narrative Example A
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony – Narrative Example B
- Notice of Targeted Rate Hikes for PAC and Contract Attorneys
- Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal
- Notice to PAC – Partial Rate Restoration
- Notice to PAC — Partial Rate Restoration and Mileage Rate Increase
- Notice to Preserve Right to Appeal Order Eliminating Reunification
- Notice to Private Assigned Counsel Regarding Hourly Rates of Compensation
- OASIS
- OASIS – Frequently Asked Questions
- OASIS launches in Guilford County
- Objection to Introduction of Results of Chemical Analysis and Chain of Custody Statement
- Objection to Introduction of Results of Chemical Analysis and Chain of Custody Statement
- Objection to Use of NCGS 15A-2000e5 (fairness, double jeopardy, cruel & unusal)
- Objection to Use of NCGS 15A-2000e9 (vague & broad)
- OJD School’s In: Suppression, Threats and Clients In the News
- Online Contractor Case Reporting System Tutorial Videos
- Onslow County
- Options in Capacity to Proceed to Trial Restoration
- Orange County
- Orange County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Order for Transcript of Criminal Proceeding
- Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Juvenile Case
- Order Recalling Order for Arrest & Bond Forfeiture
- Order to Dismiss Charges and Commit Defendant to Central Regional Hospital
- Our Values
- Out-of-Court Foreign Language Interpretation and Translation Services for Indigent Defendants and Respondents
- Out-of-Court Foreign Language Interpreters & Translators
- Out-of-Court Interpretation and Translation for Indigent Defendants and Respondents
- Out-of-State Travel Expense Request for Potentially Capital Case at the Trial Level
- PAC
- PAC Fund Updates
- PAC Survey Results: Impact of May 2011 Rate Reductions
- Pamlico County
- Parent Attorney Conference
- Parent Defender Appellate Fee Application
- Parent Rep Basics
- Parent Report Example 1
- Parent Report Example 2
- Parent Report Example 3
- Parent Report Example 4
- Parent Representation
- Parent Representation Basics
- Parole and Post-Release Supervision Revocation Hearings
- Part 1 – Rules for Non-Capital and Non-Criminal Trials
- Part 2 – Rules for Capital Cases
- Part 2, Appendix – Standards for Capital Cases
- Part 3 – Rules for Non-Capital Criminal and Non-Criminal Appeals
- Part 4 – Rules for Inmate Access to Courts
- Pasquotank County
- Patsy Simmons
- Payment Dates
- Payment Dates and Information
- Payment in Satellite-Based Monitoring Appeals
- Payment Schedule for MAC
- PD Book Ordering Policy
- Protected: PD Office Reporting Form
- Pender County
- Pender County Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- Performance Guidelines for Attorneys Representing Juveniles in Delinquency Proceedings
- Performance Guidelines for Attorneys Representing Parent Respondents in Abuse, Neglect, Dependency or TPR Proceedings
- Performance Guidelines for Non-Capital Criminal Cases at the Trial Level
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Perquimans County
- Person County
- Person County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Person County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Petition for Rehearing (Example)
- Petition for Rehearing En Banc
- Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Violation of Temporal Limits of Immigration Detainer
- Petition for Writ of Mandamus
- Petition for Writ of Supersedeas
- Petition of Writ of Habeas ITP Template
- Petitions for Discretionary Review
- Pitt County
- Pitt County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Policies for Capital Cases at the Trial Level
- Polk County
- Pollard addresses the Governor’s Crime Commission, makes headlines
- Post-Disposition Advocacy
- Practical Criminal Law 2023
- Practical Criminal Law 2025 – Rowan County In-Person CLE
- Practical Criminal Law 2025 – Sylva, NC In-Person CLE
- Pre-Trial Budget
- Preview of Verification of Uniform Appointment Plan or Request for Modification
- Prisoner Legal Services
- Private Investigator Directory
- Private Investigator Directory added to IDS website
- Private Investigator Directory Submission Form
- Procedures for Ordering a Transcript
- Prospective Juror Questionnaire
- Public Defender / Assigned Counsel Request for Translation
- Public Defender Book Ordering Policy
- Public Defender Expense Reimbursement Information and Rates
- Public Defender Miscellaneous (Non-Expert) Expenses – October 2023
- Public Defender Spring Conference
- PUBLIC DEFENDERS
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- Quartely IDS Commission Meeting
- Quarterly Commission Meeting
- Quarterly Commission Meeting
- Quarterly IDS Commission Meeting, February 7, 2025
- Questions: When the Client Tells You He’s Not the Dad
- Quick Guide – Batson Objections
- Racial Equity Network
- Racial Justice Act Litigation at the Appellate and Post-Conviction Levels
- Randolph County
- Randolph Marshall Lee is sworn in as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for Union County
- Recap from the 2025 Spring Public Defender Conference Opening Ceremony
- Recent Legislative Changes to Inpatient Commitment Process, by Mark Botts, School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Records Custodian Affidavit
- REGISTER NOW! “Whiskey” Turns 10!
- Registration OPEN for the 2025 Juvenile Defender and Parent Defender Conferences
- Reimbursement of Authorized Employee Purchases
- Relief from a Criminal Conviction
- Reminders about Civil Contempt Appeals
- Report of the Juvenile Committee of the IDS Commission
- Report on Reorganization of Sentencing Services Program
- Report on the Evaluation of North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services
- Representation
- Request and Motion for Discovery (statutory and constitutional discovery)
- Request for Bond Reduction
- Request for Discovery
- Request for Discovery
- Request for Forensic Transcription-Translation
- Request for Jury Instruction Definition of Mitigating Circumstance
- Request for Jury Instruction on Personal Viewpoints
- Request for Jury Instruction Re Sympathy and Mercy
- Request for Jury Instruction–Life Without Parole (I)
- Request for Jury Instruction–Life Without Parole (II)
- Request for Jury Instruction–Residual Doubt
- Request for Jury Instruction–Residual Mitigating Circumstances
- Request for Jury Instruction–Vicarious Liability with Regard to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-2000(e)(9)
- Request for Special Instruction on the Highest Aim of Every Criminal Trial
- Request for Special Travel and Training
- Research and Reports
- Resources for All Attorneys
- Response to DSS Report
- Restorative Justice in Durham and Orange Counties
- Review from Denial of Attorney Application for Local Indigent List or Removal from Local List
- Rex Lilly
- Richard Lancaster
- Richard Novelli
- Richard Roop-lal
- Richmond County
- Ricky Champion is sworn in as the Inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new 17th Defender District, covering Alamance County
- Ritch Bolick
- Road Map of a Case
- Roadmap to a Representative Jury (NC)
- Robert Allen
- Robert Hallisey
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- Robeson County
- Robeson County Courthouse
- Rockingham County
- Role of Trial & Appellate Counsel Under Appellate Rule 3.1
- Role of Trial & Appellate Counsel Under Appellate Rule 3.1
- Ron Mann
- Roster App Test
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- Roster Applications
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- Rowan County
- Rowan County Bar Association to host in-person CLE in Western NC
- Rule 60 Post-ROA Being Filed
- Rule 60 Pre-ROA Being Filed
- Rule 60B: Essential Points
- Russell Conner
- Ruth Cruz-Nichols
- Rutherford County
- Salary Adjustment Appraisal Form for Defenders
- Salary Adjustment Appraisal Form for Support Staff
- Salary Adjustment Form
- Salary Adjustment Form for Defender Offices
- Salary Adjustment Request Procedures for Defenders
- Salvatore Travaglio
- Sam Russell
- Sample Anders Letter
- Sample Motion and Order for Independent Testing
- Sample Motion for Expert Funds
- Sample Motion to Dismiss
- Sample Notice of Appeal
- Sample Petition and Notice of Hearing to Release Law Enforcement Recording Under G.S. 132-1.4A
- Sample Ritchie Motion for Protected Records
- Sampson County
- SAVE THE DATE: Honoring Juneteenth in Our Courts
- Scope of Representation Policy
- Scotland County
- Scott Bilsky
- Seal Juvenile Record
- Sean Breed
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- Secondary Traumatic Stress – August
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- Secondary Traumatic Stress – July
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- Secondary Traumatic Stress – October
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- Section 4: Discipline and Adverse Decisions
- Sentencing Services Continuation Review Report to the General Assembly
- Set-off Debt Policies & Procedures
- Seth Johnson is the inaugural Chief Public Defender for District 32, covering Alexander and Iredell counties
- Sex Offense Cases
- Sharpe featured in ‘Lawyers’ Weekly’
- Shielding Identities of Juveniles and Victims of Sex Crimes
- Shielding Identities of Juveniles and Victims of Sex Crimes
- Sightings from the 2024 Spring Public Defender Conference Opener
- SOG Defender Manual Series
- SOG to host Parent Attorney Conference & Juvenile Defender Conference
- Sonia Colon joins IDS to serve as Budget Manager
- Special Travel and Training Policy
- Special Travel and Training Policy
- Spring Public Defender and Investigator Conference
- Staff
- Standard MAC Contract
- Standard MAC Contract
- Standard Terms & Conditions
- Standards
- Stanly County
- State Defender Survey Results: Impact of Budget Constraints
- State Defenders
- State Defenders Re-appointed
- State Juvenile Defender’s career milestone is celebrated—for the person and the practice
- State Parent Defender weighs in with panel for 2025 report to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Statement Regarding Exhibits
- Statement Regarding Exhibits – Slip Sheet Example
- Statement Regarding Exhibits – Stipulation Regarding Partial Exhibit Example
- Statewide Defender Directories
- Statewide Defender Unlawful Workplace Harassment Policy Certification
- Statewide Public Defender Directory
- Stephen McLamb
- Stipulation Regarding Pseudonym
- Stipulation to Prior DWI’s
- Stokes County
- Stress Management for Attorneys and Law: The Rest of The Year and Beyond
- Strike DP SMI Sample
- Submit Profile to Private Investigator Directory
- Subscription to the Appellate Listserv
- Subscription to the Appellate Listserv
- Substitute W-9 Form
- Successor MARs
- Suicide Prevention
- Summer Criminal Law Update Webinar
- Summer Criminal Law Webinar
- Summer Webinar
- Superior Court Nunc Pro Tunc Motion
- Superior Court Record Extension
- Superior Court Transcript Extension
- Supplier/Employee Payee Form
- Supreme Court
- Surry County
- Suzanne Creech
- Swain County
- T. Todd Garrett
- Targeted Rate Restoration
- Teleconference Policy
- Test NCIDS Policy
- Test NCIDS Resource Policy to EXPORT
- The 6 “Rs” of Trauma-Informed Care
- The Care, Feeding and Discovery of Expert Witnesses
- The George H. White Bar Association honors Dawn Baxton
- The Intersection of Civil Rights and Criminal Defense
- The IRP-Interdisciplinary Representation Program
- The Law of Contempt
- The Office of the Juvenile Defender is Hiring
- The Office of the Juvenile Defender will hold a virtual training event Friday, April 14, 2023
- The Role of the Youth Defender
- Theodore Lemmons
- Theresa Dean
- Third Annual Juneteenth event held at the NC Central University’s Student Center
- Thomas Geisler
- Thompson Motion (unreasonable delay in setting bond)
- Thompson Motion (unreasonable delay in setting bond)
- Time Needed to Resolve Criminal Cases: A Comparison of Attorney Types
- Timothy Byrd
- Timothy Neal
- Tips and Policies
- Todd McGhee
- Tonya Davis Barber Appointed to the Commission on Indigent Defense Services
- Tonya Phifer
- Tonza D. Ruffin to serve as the first Chief Public Defender for the new Defender District 7
- TopGunBlckOut
- TPR Checklist
- Trainings and CLE
- Transcript Information
- Transylvania County
- Trauma Stewardship for Self and Others
- Travel Reimbursement Request Form
- Travis Gordon
- Trial Judges’ Perceptions of North Carolina’s Office of Indigent Defense Services: A Report on Survey Results
- Tribunal Identification
- Two Webinars: On the changes to adult guardianship proceedings resulting from Session Law 2023-124
- Two Webinars: On the changes to adult guardianship proceedings resulting from Session Law 2023-124
- Tyrrell County
- UNC School of Government
- Understandable Jury Instructions
- Understanding the Core Features of Autism
- Uniform and Flat Fee County Rates
- Uniform Appointment Plan
- Uniform Appointment Plan Orientation Packet
- Union County
- Unlawful Workplace Harassment Certification-Chief Public Defender
- Unlawful Workplace Harassment Policy
- Unlawful Workplace Harassment Policy
- Unlawful Workplace Harassment-Public Defender Staff
- Updates to the Process for Requesting Interpreters
- User Guide: Online Contractor Case Reporting System
- Vance County
- Vance County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Vaya Health LME/MCO Information Session
- Wake County
- Wake County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Wake County Local Bar Videos
- Wake County-Motion for Order to Show Cause
- Wake County-Order to Show Cause
- Walter Cox
- Warren County
- Warren County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Washington County
- Washington State General Rule 37
- Watauga County
- Wayne County
- Wayne County Contract Appointment Instructions
- Webinar – Diagnostically Difficult Autopsy Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples
- Webinar: Challenging Accident Reconstruction Evidence
- Webinar: Challenging eyewitness ID testimony and utilizing defense experts
- Webinar: Challenging eyewitness ID testimony and utilizing defense experts
- Webinar: Challenging Veterinary Forensics Evidence
- Webinar: Cross-Examining Digital Forensic Experts
- Webinar: Diagnostically Difficult Autopsy Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples
- Webinar: Law Enforcement Use of Digital Evidence
- Website Feedback
- Welcome to the “IDS Appointed Advocate”
- What Parent Attorneys Need to Know About Post-Adoption Contracts
- Where Now? Appealing an Order of Contempt
- Where We Are Now Letter
- Where We Are Now Letter (Spanish)
- Whiskey in the Courtroom 8
- Whiskey in the Courtroom 8: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science – Firearms Evidence
- Who Are The Parties in IV-D Child Support Proceedings? And What Difference Does It Make?
- Who Are the Parties in IV-D Child Support Proceedings? And What Difference Does it Make?
- Who Is My Attorney?
- Who We Are
- Why do we ask for your Client’s Social Security Number?
- Why We Have a Public Defense System
- Wilkes County
- William “Bill” Lane
- William Niepert
- Wilson County
- Winter Criminal Law Update
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Improper Party
- Withdrawal of Appeal – No Client Signature
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Non-Appealable
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Notice Untimely
- Word Count Certificate
- Working in Public Defense
- Working With Your Attorney
- Wymore Training – Charlotte
- Wymore Training – Greenville
- Yadkin County
- Yancey County
- You & Your Attorney
- Yvonne Cobourn
- Zachari Helon