Death Penalty 2022 

April 28-29, 2022 

This registration includes Thursday afternoon and Friday

Thursday AGENDA - April 28 | 4.5 CLE hours (inc. .75 ethics hour)

12:10   a.m. |   Opening Comments

• Terry Alford, Trial Resource Counsel, Office of Capital Defender, Durham

12:15 p.m. | The Ethics of Representing Defendant's in Capital Cases 

• Rob Sharpe, Capital Defender, Durham

1:00 p.m. | OCD Guidelines & Practices

• Michael Driver, Deputy Capital Defender, Durham

1:30 p.m. |Forensic Website – The Basics

• Sarah Olson, IDS Forensic Resource Attorney, Durham

2:00 p.m.| Capital Trial Manual

• Mark Montgomery, Durham

 2:30 p.m. |Break

 2:45 p.m. |Anatomy of a Murder Case

• Tony Buzzard, Buzzard Law Firm, Lillington

3:45 p.m. |The Client & The Family

• Michelle Hamilton, Alexander, Miller, Schupp, and Hamilton PLLC, Chapel Hill

 4:30 p.m. |Mentors, Consults & OCD Family

• Terry Alford, Trial Resource Counsel, Office of Capital Defender, Durham

FRIDAY AGENDA - April 29 | 6.25 CLE hours (incl. 1.0 substance abuse hour)

 8:25 a.m. | Opening Comments

• Terry Alford, Trial Resource Counsel, Office of Capital Defender, Durham

 8:30 a.m. |OCD Updates

• Rob Sharpe, Capital Defender, Durham

9:00 a.m.| Preserving the Record and Case Law Highlights

• Amanda Zimmer, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham 

9:30 a.m. | Extending Miller to Age 25

• David Andrews, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham

10:00 a.m. | Break

10:15 a.m. | Mental Illness & the Expert’s Perspective at Trial Testimony

• Dr. Amy James, Forensic Psychologist, New Bern 

11:15 a.m. | Case Law and Capacity

•  David Botchin, David B. Botchin, PC, Winston-Salem

11:45 a.m. | Lunch

1:00 p.m. | Mental Health Diagnosis: Defense & Mitigation

•  Lisa Miles, Law Office of Lisa Miles, Durham

 2:00 p.m. | Pathology: Understanding Autopsies – Case Examples 

• Dr. Christina Roberts, CJ Consulting of America, LLC, Black Mountain 

3:00 p.m. | Break

3:15p.m.|Wymore: Fighting Attempts to Circumvent by Sate & Court

• Vicki Jayne, Assistant Capital Defender, Asheville

4:00 p.m. |The Best Use and Value of Team and/or Expert Meetings

• Norman Butler, Law Office of Norman Butler, Charlotte

4:30 p.m.| Adjourn