In September, the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission published the Driving While Impaired Convictions Statistical Report for Fiscal Year 2025 (hereinafter “the report”). The report provided detailed information and statistics on convictions sentenced pursuant to...
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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.
A judge must accept a plea arrangement that involves only charges and no sentence recommendation, as long as the judge determines the plea is the product of an informed choice of the defendant and there is a factual basis for the plea. See G.S. 15A-1023(c).
The state is not barred from recharging an offense if it was dismissed because the state’s motion to continue was denied.
Improper venue is waivable, while improper jurisdiction ordinarily is not.
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