STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR AND DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 20R159
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
The undersigned Senior Resident Superior Court Judge and Chief District Court Judge for the 28th Judicial District enter this Administrative Order pursant to Governor Roy Cooper’s prior Declaration of a Statewide emergency and Chief Justice Cheri Beasley’s Administratve Order in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
- This Order is entered with the consent of Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller, and applies to those individuals who were previously adjudicated guilty and who are presently serving sentences under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1351 for intermittent or non-continuous periods of confinement (also referred to as a “split sentences” or “weekend sentences”) in the local custody of Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.
- Effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, those individuals shall have their intermittent or non-continuous sentences temporarily suspended and shall not report as previously scheduled for confinement to the Buncombe County Detention Center.
- Effective Friday, April 17, 2020, and unless otherwise ordered by this Court, that period of temporary suspension shall end, and those same individuals shall re-commence serving their intermittent or non-continuous sentences by reporting for confinement to the Buncombe County Detention Center as those individuals had done prior to the entry of this Administrative Order.
- By or before Friday, April 17, 2020, and unless otherwise ordered by this Court, those Probation Officers assigned to supervise and monitor the aforementioned individuals who are presently sentenced to serve intermittent or non-continuous periods of confinement, shall re-set, modifying and revise the confinement schedules for those individuals, shall notify those individuals of their new confinement schedules, and shall submit those schedules and all other necessary documentation to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.
- This temporary suspension shall not apply to individuals who were previously adjudicated guilty and who are presently sentenced to serve continuous or “straight” periods of confinement in the local custody of Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. Those individuals shall report for confinement as previously directed. Upon reporting, and prior to being admitted into the Detention Center, those individuals will be subject to a health screening to be performed by Detention Center Staff. No individuals exhibiting Coronavirus symptoms or other flu-like symptoms shall be admitted to the Detention Center unless authorized to do so by the Detention Staff.
- During the period of suspension described in Paragraphs 1 through 4 above, those individuals serving non-continuous/intermittent periods of confinement (also referred to as a “split sentences” or “weekend sentences”) and who wish to complete their sentences more quickly, may request permission from their Probation Officers and the Sheriff’s Office to a continuous or “straight” period of confinement in the local custody of Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. Any such requests will be left to the discretion of the Probation Officer and require the consent of the Sheriff’s Office.
Entered this the 25th day of March, 2020
Alan Z. Thornburg J. Calvin Hill
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Chief District Court Judge