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- Motion to Stay Execution of Judgment for Civil Contempt
- Motion to Strike
- Motion to Strike Trial Date Set Unilaterally
- 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?
- N.C. Best Practice Guidelines – Potentially Capital Cases at Trial Level
- N.C. Civil Commitment Manual
- N.C. Collateral Consequences Assessment Tool
- N.C. Criminal Law Blog
- N.C. Defender Manual Vol. 1: Pretrial
- N.C. Defender Manual Vol. 2: Trial
- N.C. Guardianship Manual
- N.C. Judicial College
- N.C. Juvenile Defender Manual
- N.C. Prosecutors’ Resource Online
- N.C. Racial Equity Network
- N.C. Superior Court Judges’ Benchbook
- N.C. Trial Judges’ Bench Book on Child Support
- Nash County
- 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
- New Felony Defender
- New Hanover County
- 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
- News
- 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 Department of Public Safety Criminal Offender Search
- North Carolina District Attorney Search
- North Carolina Judicial Directory Search
- 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)
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- Notice of Appeal (civil contempt)
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- Notice of Appeal from District to Superior Court
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- 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
- 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
- Orange County
- 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 Interpreters & Translators
- Out-of-State Travel Expense Request – Capital Case
- PAC Survey Results: Impact of May 2011 Rate Reductions
- Pamlico County
- Parent Attorney Conference
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- Parent Report Example 1
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- Parent Representation
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- Part 1 – Rules for Non-Capital and Non-Criminal Trials
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- Part 4 – Rules for Inmate Access to Courts
- Pasquotank County
- Payment Dates
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- Pender County
- Pender County Uniform Indigent Appointment Regulations
- Performance Guidelines for Attorneys Representing Juveniles in Delinquency Proceedings
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- Perquimans County
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- Petition for Rehearing (Example)
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- Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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- Petitions for Discretionary Review
- Pitt County
- Policies for Capital Cases at the Trial Level
- Polk County
- Post-Disposition Advocacy
- Pre-Trial Budget
- Preview of Verification of Uniform Appointment Plan or Request for Modification
- Prisoner Legal Services
- Private Attorney Fee and Expense Policies (Non-Capital Criminal and Non-Criminal Cases at the Trial Level)
- Private Attorney Fee and Expense Policies (Potentially Capital Cases and Appeals)
- Prospective Juror Questionnaire
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- Public Defender Requests for Special Training
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- 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
- Raising Issues of Race in N.C. Criminal Cases
- Randolph County
- Recent Legislative Changes to Inpatient Commitment Process, by Mark Botts, School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Records Custodian Affidavit
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- Request for Jury Instruction–Residual Doubt
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- Request for Jury Instruction–Vicarious Liability with Regard to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-2000(e)(9)
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- Request for Special Travel and Training
- Research and Reports
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- Richmond County
- Road Map of a Case
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- Robeson County
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- Role of Trial & Appellate Counsel Under Appellate Rule 3.1
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- Roster Applications
- Rowan County
- Rule 60 Post-ROA Being Filed
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- Rule 60B: Essential Points
- Rules, Policies and Standards
- Rules, Policies and Standards for Performance by Case Type
- Rutherford County
- Salary Adjustment Form
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- Sample Anders Letter
- Sample Motion and Order for Independent Testing
- Sample Motion for Expert Funds
- Sample Motion to Dismiss
- Sample Motion to Dismiss SBM Application Post-Grady v. NC
- 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
- Scope of Representation Policy
- Scotland County
- Seal Juvenile Record
- Search All Content
- Section 4: Discipline and Adverse Decisions
- Sentencing Services Continuation Review Report to the General Assembly
- Set-off Debt Policies & Procedures
- Sex Offense Cases
- Shielding Identities of Juveniles and Victims of Sex Crimes
- Shielding Identities of Juveniles and Victims of Sex Crimes
- Spring Public Defender and Investigator Conference
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- Standard MAC Contract
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- Stanly County
- State Defender Survey Results: Impact of Budget Constraints
- State Defenders Re-appointed
- Statement Regarding Exhibits
- Statement Regarding Exhibits – Slip Sheet Example
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- Statewide Defender Unlawful Workplace Harassment Policy Certification
- Statewide Public Defender Directory
- Stipulation Regarding Pseudonym
- Stipulation to Prior DWI’s
- Stokes County
- Strike DP SMI Sample
- Subscription to the Appellate Listserv
- Subscription to the Appellate Listserv
- Summer Criminal Law Webinar
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- Superior Court Nunc Pro Tunc Motion
- Superior Court Record Extension
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- Supreme Court
- Surry County
- Swain County
- Targeted Rate Restoration
- The Law of Contempt
- 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
- Tips and Policies
- Tonya Davis Barber Appointed to the Commission on Indigent Defense Services
- TopGunBlckOut
- TPR Checklist
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- Transylvania County
- Travel Reimbursement Form
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- Trial Judges’ Perceptions of North Carolina’s Office of Indigent Defense Services: A Report on Survey Results
- Tribunal Identification
- Tyrrell County
- UNC School of Government
- Understandable Jury Instructions
- Uniform Appointment Plan
- Uniform Appointment Plan Orientation Packet
- Union County
- User Guide: Online Contractor Case Reporting System
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Wake County-Motion for Order to Show Cause
- Wake County-Order to Show Cause
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Washington State General Rule 37
- Watauga County
- Wayne County
- Webinar – Diagnostically Difficult Autopsy Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples
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- Webinar: Cross-Examining Digital Forensic Experts
- Webinar: Diagnostically Difficult Autopsy Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples
- Website Feedback
- 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 We Have a Public Defense System
- Wilkes County
- 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
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- Wymore Training – Charlotte
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- Yadkin County
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- You & Your Attorney