NC Criminal Law
This post summarizes the lone published opinion in a criminal case issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on July 15, 2026.
(1) Possession of multiple concealed firearms on a single occasion is a single offense. (2) The trial court erred by imposing a 24-month period of probation as a community punishment without making specific findings. (3) The trial judge did not improperly consider acquitted conduct during...
The superior court has jurisdiction to accept a guilty plea to a misdemeanor tendered in lieu of a felony charge.
If a case is transferred to another district for prosecution, the prosecutor of the originating district must continue to prosecute the case, unless the prosecutor of the receiving district consents to the prosecution. See G.S. 15A-133(d).
The court may take judicial notice of adjudicative facts that are not subject to any reasonable dispute if the facts are common knowledge in the jurisdiction or can be easily determined by reference to reliable sources.
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.
Even if he does not testify, the defendant may offer evidence of a “pertinent trait” of his character. G.S. 8C-404(a)(1).