The North Carolina Supreme Court held in State v. Farook, No. 457PA20-2, ___ N.C. ___ (August 14, 2026) (summarized here), that the proper analysis for most claims of ineffective assistance of counsel based on an attorney’s admission of his or her client’s...
NC Criminal Law
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An indigent defendant who has been formally charged has a right to counsel at a pretrial lineup or other identification procedure at which defendant’s presence is required.
An information is an accusation drafted by the prosecutor and filed in superior court, charging one or more criminal offenses. An information may be filed only if the defendant waives indictment.
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.
The state is not barred from recharging an offense if it was dismissed because the state’s motion to continue was denied.
If evidence is excluded by the trial court, the proponent of the evidence generally must provide an adequate offer of proof regarding the nature of the excluded evidence in order to argue on appeal that the evidence should have been allowed. See G.S. 8C-103(a)(2).
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