North Carolina Indigent Defense Manual Series John Rubin, Editor

This series is a collection of reference-quality manuals on law and practice in the indigent defense practice areas in North Carolina. Manuals may be purchased from the School of Government in pre-assembled, tabbed notebooks or may be accessed for free through either the indigent defense education website at the School of Government (www.indigentdefense.unc.edu) or the website of the Office of Indigent Defense Services (www.ncids.org).

Manuals
 

  North Carolina Defender Manual, Volume One, Pretrial
  (Criminal Law)
  John Rubin, Thomasin Hughes, and Janine C. Fodor,
  1998- 2004
 
  Volume One addresses various pretrial topics, such as discovery, capacity
  to proceed, and motions for experts. This is a useful reference both for
  public defenders and others who work in the criminal courts.

  North Carolina Defender Manual, Volume Two, Trial, Second Edition
  (Criminal Law)
  Julie Ramseur Lewis and John Rubin
  2012

  Volume Two of the North Carolina Defender Manual, a reference in the
  School’s Indigent Defense Manual Series, 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. Fifteen chapters cover a variety of topics such as:

  • personal rights of the defendant,
  • selection of the jury,
  • opening and closing arguments,
  • witnesses, and
  • appeals, post-conviction litigation, and writs.

This manual is also useful to others who work in the court system and who need a reference source on the law. It replaces the first edition dated 2002-2005.

Authors are currently working on an update to Volume One, Pretrial.

  North Carolina Civil Commitment Manual, Second Edition
  Benjamin M. Turnage, John Rubin, and Dorothy T. Whiteside,
  2011

  Designed to assist the attorney representing a respondent or minor in
  civil commitment proceedings, this manual 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.

  North Carolina Guardianship Manual
  John L. Saxon
  2008
  
  This manual discusses the role and responsibilities of attorneys who are 
  appointed to represent allegedly incapacitated respondents in adult
  guardianship proceedings. It summarizes and analyzes relevant
  provisions of North Carolina's guardianship law (Chapter 35A of the North
  Carolina General Statutes); discusses the legal consequences of   guardianship and the relationship between adult guardianship and other  laws regarding mental incapacity; jurisdiction, procedure, and evidentiary issues in adult guardianship proceedings; the legal standards for determining incapacity in adult guardianship proceedings; clinical assessment of cognitive and functional incapacity in adult guardianship proceedings; the appointment of guardians for incapacitated adults; mediation of adult guardianship cases; appeals in adult guardianship proceedings; and modification and termination of adult guardianship. Although this manual focuses on the role and responsibilities of appointed attorneys in adult guardianship proceedings, it is a clear, usable resource for anyone who works in this challenging area of law.
  Immigration Consequences of a Criminal Conviction in North Carolina
  Sejal R. Zota and John Rubin
  2008

 

  Using a step-by-step approach to the immigration consequences of a
  criminal conviction, this essential guide explains the different types of
  immigration status and the various criminal convictions that trigger
  removal (deportation)  in light of a person’s immigration status. Included
  is a detailed chart of immigration consequences of various North Carolina offenses as well as a removable,  laminated checklist highlighting the key consequences.

  North Carolina Juvenile Defender Manual
  Lou A. Newman, Alyson Grine, and Eric J. Zogry
  2008

  Relevant law and practice pointers are provided for attorneys
  representing juveniles in delinquency proceedings, from intake to
  disposition and beyond in this useful handbook. The topics include:
  petition and summons, custody hearings, probable cause and transfer
  hearings, discovery, motions to suppress, plea negotiations, adjudicatory
  hearings, dispositional hearings, probation, commitment, appeals, and
                                       expunction.

"Anyone practicing in juvenile delinquency court should make room for one more tool in their arsenal. The North Carolina Juvenile Defender Manual is the first-ever manual specific to North Carolina law and practice in this field."

"The manual’s organization makes it an easy go-to guide even in the midst of the most hectic courtroom situations."

—Christine Underwood, recently sworn in as a District Court Judge in District 22A

   From a review published in the North Carolina State Bar Journal, Spring 2009.

 

Other Manuals of Interest to Indigent Defenders
 

  Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights
  Proceedings in North Carolina
  Kella W. Hatcher, Janet Mason, and John Rubin
  2011; Production of this manual made possible with funding provided by
  the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for
  Children and Families, and the Court Improvement Program of the North
  Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.
 
 

This manual was written for all legal professionals involved in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings in North Carolina. It provides easily accessible information about the law and procedures applicable to these proceedings. It will be a useful and reliable tool for judges, social services attorneys, parents’ attorneys, guardian ad litem attorneys, and others involved in this field.