Appointment Fee | Updated Procedures to Attorney Appointments | |
Docketing Instructions | Clerk Actions when a District Court Judge Orders a Civil Judgement for Attorney Fees | |
Statute of Limitation | Statute of Limitation on Judgments for Indigent Attorney Fees | |
Scope | Scope of Representation | |
Use of Foreign Language Interpreters (IDS) | Out of Court Foreign Language Interpretation and Translation Services for Indigent Defendants and Respondents |
IDS Policies
Billing Policies
For Attorneys | Capital and Post-Conviction | Attorney Fee and Expense Applications |
Non-Capital | Attorney Fee and Expense Applications | |
Deadline Waiver | Extensions and Waivers of Attorney Fee Applications | |
For Experts | Capital and Post-Conviction | Expert Fee and Expense Applications |
Non-Capital | Expert Fee and Expense Applications |
Class 3 Misdemeanors |
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Appointment and Payment of Counsel for Class 3 Misdemeanors |
Form AOC-CR-224 – Order of Assignment or Denial of Counsel |
IDS Teleconference Policy |
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IDS Teleconference Policy and Resources |
Language Services – NCAOC Policies |
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OLAS – Office of Language Access Services Homepage (Updated July 2024) – This webpage is on the staff intranet site (JUNO) and is accessible only to Judicial Branch state employees. Standards for Language Access Services – Updated July 24, 2024 |
Attorney Fee and Expense Policies
Policies for Defenders and IDS Staff
For Defender Offices and IDS Staff | Staff Notary Policy | |
Defender Special Travel and Training Policy | February 2024 | |
Defender Book Ordering Policy | February 2024 |
Policies for Experts and Investigators
Capital Expert Fee and Expense Policies | ||
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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 | ||
FY07 Capital Trial Case Study: PAC and Expert Spending in Potentially Capital Cases at the Trial Level – December 2008 | ||
Out-of-Court Interpretation and Translation for Indigent Defendants and Respondents – November 2023 |
Case Specific Policies
Link to Parent Defense Webpage | |
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Appointment/Non-Parent | Appointment of Non-Parent in A/N/D Proceedings |
Guardians ad Litem in A/N/D and Termination of Parental Rights | Appointments of Guardians ad Litem in A/N/D and T/P/R Proceedings |
Civil Paternity | Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Defendants in Civil Paternity Proceedings |
Depositions in A/N/D Proceedings | Depositions in A/N/D Proceedings |
No-Merit Briefs | No-Merit Briefs Policy No-Merit Briefs Checklist Adjudication/Disposition Appeal Checklist TPR Checklist Other Orders Checklist |
Entitlement to Counsel | In A/N/D Proceedings After Permanent Plan |
Role of Trial Counsel Under Rule 3.1 | Division of Responsibility between Trial and Appellate Counsel |
Billing | Billing Guidelines |
Link to Capital Defender Website | |
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Trial Attendance | 404 |
Billing Guidelines | Attorney Billing Practices |
Cap on Cases (MIT) | Cap per Mitigation Specialist on the number of Open Capital Cases at the Trial or Post-Conviction Level |
Cap on Cases (TC) | 404 |
Mental Health Experts | 404 |
Exceptional | 404 |
Contact Visits | 404 |
Expert Spending | Expert Requests and Spending |
Training | Mandatory Training |
Consults | Mandatory Consultation and Notification Policies for Capital Post-Conviction Cases |
Mitigation Roster | Mandatory Mitigation Specialist Rosters |
RJA | Racial Justice Act Claims in Capital Cases at the Appellate and Post-Conviction Levels |