There are two different kinds of contempt that judicial officials may impose: civil and criminal. Civil contempt is imposed when a person has not complied with a court order and is a measure to compel the person to do as the order states. For example, if a person does not pay court ordered child support, a judge may find the person in civil contempt and imprison them until they pay as ordered. Civil contempt is not divided between direct and indirect contempt. The failure to comply with a...
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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 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).
Two or more offenses may be joined for trial when the offenses are based on the same act or transaction or on a series of acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan. See G.S. 15A-926(a).
Improper venue is waivable, while improper jurisdiction ordinarily is not.
An initial appearance may be held before a magistrate anywhere within the state. See G.S. 7A-273(7).
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