Last Friday, violence erupted outside the Wake County Courthouse when Gwendolyn White reportedly shot at two lawyers, Mary Harris and Jeffrey Whitley. The attack happened after a tense hearing at which the lawyers were representing the Rolesville Police Department in a matter involving a request for officer-worn body camera footage. The News & Observer published an audio recording...
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The superior court has jurisdiction to accept a guilty plea to a misdemeanor tendered in lieu of a felony charge.
A statement of charges, criminal summons, arrest warrant, citation or magistrate’s order may be amended at any time before or after final judgment as long as the amendment does not change the nature of the offense charged. G.S. 15A-922(f).
The state must give the defendant, at the beginning of jury selection, a written list of the names of all witnesses whom the state reasonably expects to call during the trial.
If the defendant does not introduce evidence, the defendant has the right to the first and last closing argument.
Language in an indictment or other criminal pleading that is unnecessary (“surplusage”) does not prohibit the state from proving theories or facts of the charged crime that are different from those alleged in the indictment.
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