When a person is arrested for a criminal offense, the judicial official authorizing pretrial release must issue an appropriate order containing a statement of the conditions imposed. G.S. 15A-534(d). This order is normally memorialized on the AOC-CR-200 form (Conditions Of Release And Release Order). The CR-200 form includes sections for the judicial...
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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).
Whichever county is the first to bring charges against the defendant has exclusive venue. See G.S. 15A-132. But if the county with exclusive venue dismisses the charges, another county with concurrent venue may initiate its own charges and obtain venue.
The state must give notice to the defendant of any expert witnesses that the state reasonably expects to call as a witness at trial.
There is no double jeopardy bar to a second trial when a charge is dismissed because an indictment or other criminal pleading is fatally defective.
A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty, or, with the consent of the prosecutor and judge, may plead “no contest.” See G.S. 15A-1011(a), (b).
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