Can a District Court Judge Sign an Order for Phone Records?

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 14, 2010.

Last year, I published a paper about law enforcement access to phone records and other information about electronic communications. In the paper, I explained that “[a]mong North Carolina judges, only superior court judges may issue court orders for phone records.” As luck would have it, a few weeks later, Congress amended some of the relevant ... Read more

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