Must the State Inform the Defense When a Witness Goes Missing?

Published for NC Criminal Law on March 10, 2010.

I blogged recently about whether the state is obligated to produce its witnesses’ criminal records in discovery. (Recall that the answer is no, in North Carolina, with some exceptions.) Another question that sometimes comes up regarding the state’s witnesses is whether the state must inform the defense if one of its witnesses goes missing, or ... Read more

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