2016 New Felony Defender Training - February 17-19, 2016

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2016 New Felony Defender Training program schedule for February 17-19, 2016 in Chapel Hill, NC, hosted by the UNC School of Government with the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services. Sessions cover superior court motions practice, voir dire, mental health screening and capacity evaluation, sentencing, preserving the record, investigation and discovery planning, challenging state experts, fingerprints and lab reports, drug case defense, evidence blocking, motions to suppress, jury instructions, ethics, and records gathering and sentencing advocacy, with CLE hours and online resources.

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Wednesday, February 17

Motions Practice in Superior Court

Voir Dire and Demonstration

Mental Health Screening

Sentencing in Superior Court

Preserving the Record

Thursday, February 18

Developing an Investigation and Discovery Plan

Challenging the State’s Expert

Fingerprints: Challenging the Science

Lab Reports and Issues Surrounding Them

Defending Drug Cases

Friday, February 19

Evidence Blocking

Motions to Suppress: Statements, Property, and Identification

WORKSHOP: Motions to Suppress and Evidence Blocking

Jury Instructions

Ethics for Felony Defenders

Records Gathering and Sentencing Advocacy

Closing Remarks

2016 New Felony Defender Training February 17-19, 2016 / Chapel Hill, NC ELECTRONIC PROGRAM MATERIALS * *This PDF file contains "bookmarks," which serve as a clickable table of contents that allows you to easily skip around and locate documents within the larger file. A bookmark panel should automatically appear on the left‐hand side of this screen. If it does not, click the icon—located on the left‐hand side of the open PDF document—that looks like a dog‐eared page with a ribbon hanging from the top. 2016 New Felony Defender Training February 17-19 UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC Cosponsored by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government & Office of Indigent Defense Services Wednesday, February 17 9:30 to 10:25 Check-in 10:25 to 10:30 Welcome Alyson Grine, Defender Educator UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 10:30 to 11:30 Motions Practice in Superior Court (60 min.) Mike Klinkosum, Attorney Tin, Fulton, Walker, & Owen, Raleigh, NC 11:30 to 1:00 Voir Dire and Demonstration (90 min.) Kelley DeAngelus, Assistant Public Defender Office of the Public Defender, Raleigh, NC 1:00 to 2:00 Lunch (provided in building)* 2:00 to 2:45 Mental Health Screening: Deciding whether to Question Capacity and Obtaining an Evaluation (45 min.) Mani Dexter, Assistant Public Defender Office of the Public Defender, Hillsborough, NC 2:45 to 3:00 Break (snack provided) 3:00 to 4:30 Sentencing in Superior Court (90 min.) Jamie Markham, Associate Professor of Public Law and Government UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 4:30 to 5:30 Preserving the Record (60 min.) Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham, NC 5:30 Adjourn Thursday, February 18 9:00 to 10:15 Developing an Investigation and Discovery Plan (75 min.) Glenn Gerding 10:15 to 10:30 Break 10:30 to 12:00 WORKSHOP: Developing an Investigation and Discovery Plan (90 min.) 12:00 to 1:00 Lunch (provided in building)* 1:00 to 2:00 Challenging the State’s Expert (60 min.) James Davis, Attorney Davis & Davis, Salisbury, NC 2:00 to 2:45 Fingerprints: Challenging the Science (45 min.) Carrah Franke, Assistant Public Defender Office of the Public Defender, Raleigh, NC 2:45 to3:00 Break (snack provided) 3:00 to 4:30 Lab Reports and Issues Surrounding Them (90 min.) Sarah Rackley Olson, Forensic Resource Counsel Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham, NC; Alyson Grine 4:30 to 4:45 Break 4:45 to 5:30 Defending Drug Cases (45 min.) Nicholas Woomer-Deters, Assistant Appellate Defender Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham, NC 5:30 Adjourn Friday, February 19 9:00 to 9:45 9:45 to 10:45 10:45 to 11:00 11:00 to 12:30 12:30 to 1:30 1:30 to 2:15 2:15 to 2:30 2:30 to 3:30 3:30 to 4:30 4:30 to 4:35 4:35 Evidence Blocking (45 min.) John Rubin, Professor of Public Law and Government UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC Motions to Suppress: Statements, Property, and Identification (60 min.) Jan Elliott Pritchett, Attorney Schlosser & Pritchett, Greensboro, NC Break WORKSHOP: Motions to Suppress and Evidence Blocking (90 min.) Lunch (provided in building)* Jury Instructions (45 min.) Richard Wells, Assistant Public Defender Office of the Public Defender, Greensboro, NC Break (snack provided) Ethics for Felony Defenders (60 min.) (Ethics) Tom Maher, Executive Director Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham, NC Records Gathering and Sentencing Advocacy (60 min.) Vicky McGee, Mitigation Specialist Cary, NC; Bert Kemp, Public Defender Office of the Public Defender, Greenville, NC Closing Remarks Adjourn CLE HOURS: 18.5* *Includes 1 hour of ethics/professional responsibility ONLINE RESOURCES FOR INDIGENT DEFENDERS ORGANIZATIONS NC Office of Indigent Defense Services [http://www.ncids.org/](http://www.ncids.org/) UNC School of Government [http://www.sog.unc.edu/](http://www.sog.unc.edu/) Ind

FAQs

What are the main topics covered on Wednesday, February 17?

The schedule includes motions practice in superior court, voir dire and demonstration, mental health screening for capacity and evaluation, sentencing, and preserving the record.

What training areas are addressed on Thursday, February 18?

Topics include developing an investigation and discovery plan, challenging the state’s expert, challenging fingerprints science, issues surrounding lab reports, and defending drug cases.

What does the Friday, February 19 agenda include?

Friday sessions cover evidence blocking, motions to suppress (statements, property, identification), a workshop on motions to suppress and evidence blocking, jury instructions, ethics for felony defenders, and records gathering and sentencing advocacy.

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