Improper Equipment Fee Is Punitive, Must Go to Schools

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 03, 2015.

The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program took a hit this week in the court of appeals. In Richmond County Board of Education v. Cowell, about half of the money that comes into the program fund—the $50 fee for anyone found responsible for an improper equipment violation—was deemed to be punitive. Under the North Carolina Constitution, the ... Read more

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