2017 New Felony Defender Training - April 3-5 - Electronic Program Materials

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2017 New Felony Defender Training electronic program materials outline a three-day CLE schedule held April 3-5, 2017 in Chapel Hill, NC. Sessions include check-in and welcome, organizing felony files and trial notebooks, developing investigative and discovery strategy, motions practice, and ethics for felony defenders. Additional days cover sentencing, voir dire and demonstration, evidence blocking, motions to suppress, preserving the record, sentencing advocacy, jury instructions, and lab reports. Resources and partner organizations are listed, with a CLE hours total of 15.0 and an ethics component included.

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Pages591

Reading Time24 h 49 min

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Monday, April 3

Check-in and welcome

What’s in the Felony File; organizing a trial notebook and exhibits

Developing an investigative and discovery strategy

Motions practice in superior court

Ethics for felony defenders

Tuesday, April 4

Sentencing in superior court

Voir dire and demonstration

Evidence blocking

Motions to suppress: statements, property and identification

Evidence blocking and motions to suppress (workshop)

Preserving the record

Wednesday, April 5

Sentencing advocacy: a view from the bench

Jury instructions

Lab reports and issues surrounding them

Adjourn

2017 New Felony Defender Training April 3-5, 2017 / 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. 2017 New Felony Defender Training April 3-5 UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC Co-sponsored by the UNC School of Government & Office of Indigent Defense Services Monday, April 3 9:15 to 9:50a Check-in 9:50 to 10:00 Welcome Phil Dixon, Jr., Defender Educator UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 10:00 to 10:45 What’s in the Felony File; Organizing a Trial Notebook and Exhibits (45 mins) Keith A. Williams, Attorney Law Offices of Keith Williams, Greenville, NC 10:45 to 12:00 Developing an Investigative and Discovery Strategy (75 mins) Vince F. Rabil, Assistant Capital Defender Forsyth County Capital Defender’s Office, Winston-Salem, NC 12:00 to 1:00 Lunch (provided in the building) 1:00 to 2:30 WORKSHOP: Developing an Investigative and Discovery Strategy (90 mins) 2:30 to 2:45 Break (snack provided) 2:45 to 3:45 Motions Practice in Superior Court (60 mins) Phil Dixon, Jr., Defender Educator UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 3:45 to 5:00 Ethics for Felony Defenders (75 mins) Tom Maher, Executive Director Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham NC 5:00p Adjourn Tuesday, April 4 9:00 to 10:15a Sentencing in Superior Court (75 mins) Jamie Markham, Professor of Public Law and Policy UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 10:15 to 10:30 Break 10:30 to 11:45 Voir Dire and Demonstration (75 mins) Kelley DeAngelus, Assistant Public Defender Wake County Public Defender’s Office, Raleigh NC 11:45-12:30 Evidence Blocking (45 mins) John Rubin, Professor of Public Law and Government UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC 12:30-1:30 Lunch (provided in the building) 1:30-2:30 Motions to Suppress: Statements, Property and Identification (60 mins) Jan Elliot Pritchett, Attorney Schlosser & Pritchett, Greensboro, NC 2:30-4:00 WORKSHOP: Evidence Blocking and Motions to Suppress (90 mins) 4:00-4:15 Break (snack provided) 4:15-5:15 Preserving the Record (60 mins) Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham NC 5:15p Adjourn Wednesday, April 5 9:00 to 9:45a Sentencing Advocacy-A View from the Bench (45 mins) Honorable G. Bryan Collins, Resident Superior Court Judge Raleigh, NC 10:00-10:45 Jury Instructions (45 mins) Phoebe W. Dee, Assistant Public Defender Chatham County Public Defender’s Office, Pittsboro NC 10:45 to 11:00 Break 11:00-12:00 Lab Reports and Issues Surrounding Them (60 mins) Sarah R. Olson, Forensic Resource Counsel Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham, NC 12:00p Adjourn CLE HOURS: 15.0 *Includes 1.25 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/) Indigent Defense Education atthe UNC School of Government [https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/indigent-defense-education](https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/indigent-defense-education) TRAINING Calendar of Live Training Events [https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/indigent-defense-education/calendar-live-events](https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/indigent-defense-education/calendar-live-events) Online Training [https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/indigent-defense-education/online-training-cles](https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites

FAQs

Where and when is the 2017 New Felony Defender Training held?

The training runs April 3-5, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the UNC School of Government.

What topics are covered during the training?

Topics include felony file organization, investigative and discovery strategy, motions practice, ethics, sentencing, voir dire, evidence blocking, motions to suppress, preserving the record, jury instructions, and lab reports.

How many CLE hours are included and is ethics included?

The program lists 15.0 CLE hours and includes 1.25 hours of ethics/professional responsibility.

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