This supplement updates
Arrest, Search, and Investigation in North Carolina,
Fifth Edition, 2016, written by former School of Government faculty member Robert L. Farb. The 2016 main volume includes case law through June 2016 and statutory law through the 2016 legislative session. This supplement includes recent cases from the United States Supreme Court and from North Carolina's appellate courts, and North Carolina legislation. It is current through July 1, 2020, and so includes coverage of critical material such as the Supreme Court's
Carpenter
decision regarding cell phone tracking, new legislation regarding citizen-initiated criminal charges, and the impact on various investigative procedures of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, which increases the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to 18.