October 20, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Committee Discussion on Pretrial Release Reform, Criminal Case Management, Juvenile Age, and Indigent Defense Recommendations
• Presenters: Professor Laurence Steinberg
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Pretrial Release Recommendation Materials
  • Pretrial Justice Institute Report – “Upgrading North Carolina’s Bail System”
  • Comments of the North Carolina Bail Agents Association
• Juvenile Reinvestment Report

September 15, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Committee Discussion on NCSC Criminal Case Management Report, Review and Discussion of the Report of the Subcommittee on Indigent Defense
• Presenters: Lee Suskin
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Implementation of a Criminal Caseflow Management Plan for North Carolina
  • Full Report
• Summary of Public Comments on the Criminal Investigation and Adjudication Interim Report
  • Appendices – Part I
  • Appendices – Part II

August 17, 2016

• Meeting Topic: Review and Discussion of the Report of the Subcommittee on Indigent Defense
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Improving Indigent Defense in North Carolina

July 29, 2016 – Subcommittee on Indigent Defense

• Meeting Topic: Review and Discussion of Draft Report
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

May 13, 2016

• Meeting Topic: Committee Discussion and Public Comment on the Juvenile Reinvestment Report of the Subcommittee on Juvenile Jurisdiction
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Juvenile Reinvestment: A Report from the Subcommittee on Juvenile Jurisdiction

May 6, 2016 – Subcommittee on Indigent Defense

• Meeting Topic: Reducing Indigent Defense Costs to Free Funds for Pressing Needs
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith, Thomas Maher
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

March 28, 2016 – Subcommittee on Juvenile Jurisdiction

• Meeting Topics: Discussion of the Draft Report on The Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction in North Carolina, Data and Assumptions Underlying the Vera Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Presenters: Michelle Hall, William Lassiter, Professor Jessica Smith
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Juvenile Justice Assessment of Juvenile Risk of Future Offending
• Impact Analysis & Fiscal Note – House Bill 339, “Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act”

March 14, 2016 – Subcommittee on Indigent Defense

• Meeting Topic: Identifying the Characteristics of an Effective Indigent Defense Program, Evaluating Potential Delivery Systems
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith, Thomas Maher
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

March 11, 2016

• Meeting Topic: Criminal Case Management
• Presenters: Nial Raaen, Brad Fowler, Judge Anna Mills Wagoner, Judge Paul Holcombe, Bill Powers, Maureen Krueger
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Criminal Caseflow Management: Principles and Practice
• Measuring Performance in North Carolina State Courts
• Criminal Case Calendaring in North Carolina

February 18, 2016 – Subcommittee on Juvenile Jurisdiction

• Meeting Topic: The Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction in North Carolina
• Presenters: William Lassiter, Maxine Evans-Armwood, Kimberly Quintus, Cindy Porterfield, Shannon Haynes
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• An Introduction to Juvenile Court Services
• Juvenile Justice Community Programs

February 12, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Pretrial Release, Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools
• Presenters: Professor Jessica Smith, John Clark, Virginia Bersch, Jessica Ireland, Ken Rose
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Pretrial Risk Assessment & Risk Management
• The Mecklenburg County Experience with Pretrial Risk Assessment
• Laura and John Arnold Foundation – Public Safety Assessment (PSA)
• Risk-Informed Pretrial Decision Making in the Commonwealth of Virginia

January 28, 2016 – Subcommittee on Indigent Defense

• Meeting Topic: Indigent Defense
• Presenters: None
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

December 11, 2015

• Meeting Topic: Young Offenders in the North Carolina Criminal Justice System
• Presenters: Judge Charles E. Brown, Professor LaToya Powell, Dr. Cindy C. Cottle, Michelle Hall, Judge Marcia H. Morey, Judge J.H. Corpening, Andrew Murray, Edmond W. Caldwell, Jr., Chief Frank Palombo, W. David Guice, William Lassiter
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Juvenile Court in North Carolina – History & Overview
• The Science: Brain Development in Youth
• Comparative Statistical Profile of Young Offenders in North Carolina
• Durham’s Misdemeanor Diversion Program
• Perspectives from the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
  • Adolescent Brain Development Research
  • Recent Juvenile Justice System Trends

November 23, 2015

• Meeting Topic: Indigent Defense
• Presenters: Chief Justice Rhoda Billings, Thomas Maher, James Williams, Jeff Cutler, Desmond McCallum, Lorrin Freeman, Seth Edwards, Michael Waters, Judge Athena Brooks, Judge Henry Hight, Jr., Judge William G. Hamby, Jr., Professor John Rubin
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• “Indigent Defense Services in North Carolina”
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
• Models for Providing Indigent Defense

October 22, 2015

• Meeting Topics: Identification of Areas of Inquiry, N.C. State Crime Lab Overview and Backlog
• Presenters: John Byrd
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• N.C. Problem Solving Courts
• Time Guidelines for Trial Court Cases
• Crime Lab Backlog: Issues & Opportunities
• North Carolina State Crime Laboratory – FY15 Annual Report
• House Bill 357 – Toxicology Reports / District Court
• North Carolina State Crime Laboratory Statutory Fees