View this manual, a reference in the School's Indigent Defense Manual Series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu. Volume One of the North Carolina Defender Manual is a resource for public defenders and appointed counsel who represent poor people accused of crimes. The book focuses on the principal areas of pretrial criminal procedure in North Carolina. Fifteen chapters cover a variety of topics, such as: capacity to proceed; discovery;criminal pleadings; speedy trial; and suppression motions. The manual includes cases decided by the courts through June 30, 2013, and legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly through the end of its 2013 legislative session. Volume Two, Trial, which focuses primarily on criminal procedure at the trial stage, is also available (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/north-carolina-defender-manual-volume-two-trial-second-edition).

Volume Two of the North Carolina Defender Manual is a resource for public defenders and appointed counsel who represent poor people accused of crimes. The book focuses primarily on criminal procedure at the trial stage. Chapters cover a variety of topics, such as personal rights of the defendant, selection of the jury, opening and closing arguments, witness examination, and appeals, post-conviction litigation, and writs.

Useful reference for public defenders and others who work in the North Carolina criminal courts.

View this manual, a reference in the School's Indigent Defense Manual Series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu. Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases is a resource for public defenders and appointed counsel who represent poor people accused of crimes. This publication is also useful to judges, prosecutors, and others who work to safeguard the integrity of the court system. The book describes the ways in which considerations of race may improperly enter into the conduct of a criminal case, and gathers, organizes, and analyzes the law on the intersection of race and the criminal justice system. Ten chapters cover a variety of topics, such as: -stops, searches, and arrests; -eyewitness identification; -pretrial release; -selective prosecution; -composition of grand and trial juries; -trial issues; and -sentencing.

View this manual, a reference in the School's Indigent Defense Manual Series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu. The North Carolina Civil Commitment Manual is designed to assist the attorney representing a respondent or minor in civil commitment proceedings. It reviews North Carolina mental health and substance abuse laws pertaining to inpatient and outpatient commitments and admissions. It analyzes in depth the relevant statutes in Chapter 122C of the North Carolina General Statutes and applicable case law. It also discusses the collateral consequences resulting from commitment and the special provisions on commitment of respondents involved with the criminal justice system. Although the manual's focus is on commitments and admissions requiring judicial review, and thus on proceedings requiring the appointment of counsel, the manual is a clear, usable resource for anyone who works in this challenging area of law.