If asked if North Carolina has a speedy trial law, until relatively recently, I would have said no. A defendant does have constitutional rights to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Art. I, Sec. 18 of the N.C. Constitution, as well as due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. However, North Carolina’s dedicated speedy trial statutes (G.S. 15A-701 through 710), which established a timeframe in which criminal cases must be tried, were repealed in...
NC Criminal Law
on Thursday, May 28th, 2026
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If the defendant (or any defendant in a multi-defendant case) puts on evidence, then state has the right to the first and last closing argument.
The court is not bound by the rules of evidence (except for rules on privilege) when deciding whether challenged evidence is admissible.
A court should allow a defendant who moves to withdraw a guilty plea before sentencing to withdraw the plea for any “fair and just” reason.
The state is not barred from recharging an offense if it was dismissed because the state’s motion to continue was denied.
The core purpose of the Rules of Evidence is to achieve fairness, efficiency, and justice by ensuring that only relevant and reliable evidence is considered by the finder of fact. G.S. 8C-102(a).
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