NC Criminal Law

Belal Elrahal on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026

This blog is a collaboration between School of Government faculty members focusing on municipal authority (Rebecca Fisher-Gabbard) and motor vehicle law (Belal Elrahal). 

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A defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to counsel during interrogation by an officer or an informant about a pending charge after adversarial judicial proceedings for that charge have begun.

G.S. 15A-134 provides that if a charged offense occurred partly in North Carolina and partly in another state, a person charged with that offense may be tried in North Carolina only if he or she has not already been placed in jeopardy for the same offense by the other state.

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.

An initial appearance may be held before a magistrate anywhere within the state. See G.S. 7A-273(7).

All criminal pleadings must name or otherwise identify the defendant. See G.S. 15A-924(a)(1).