Felony Misdemeanor North Carolina 
JURIST
DECEMBER 1, 2024
A newly revised North Carolina juvenile justice law will take effect Sunday, aiming to address gaps in handling serious offenses by minors. The updated legislation allows 16- and 17-year-olds charged with Class A through E felonies to now be tried as adults. The new law also includes provisions for flexibility.
JURIST
APRIL 12, 2022
The jury found Robertson guilty of five felonies: obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building while carrying a dangerous weapon and tampering with a document or proceedings.
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The Crime Report
JUNE 3, 2021
In 2019, New York State completed a phase-in that raised the age at which teenagers can be charged as adults for misdemeanors and most felonies from 16 to 18 years old. Of those that do, only North Carolina, at age 6, has a lower minimum than New York. More than half of American states have no minimum age at all.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 27, 2022
For example, in Illinois, North Carolina and Texas, licensure boards are prohibited from considering arrests that failed to result in a conviction. States have implemented a variety of fair chance licensing reforms in recent years.
The Crime Report
MAY 28, 2021
immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.
The Crime Report
JUNE 23, 2021
In a study linking business ownership information with information from a background check and consumer data company, RAND also analyzed data from the states of Minnesota and North Carolina for a deeper analysis of the Paycheck Payment Protection Program created last March to aid small businesses affected by the pandemic.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 18, 2021
This has remained an open question and much contested in the United States as I noted in my later North Carolina article. Jonathan Turley, The “Executive Function” Theory, the Hamilton Affair and Other Constitutional Mythologies, 77 North Carolina Law Review 1791-1866 (1999).
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