Among the Juvenile Code provisions that distinguish juvenile delinquency cases from criminal cases are the statutes that explicitly tie mental health assessments and access to mental health treatment to the procedure required to construct and enter a dispositional order. After an adjudication of delinquency occurs (meaning that the juvenile was found beyond a reasonable doubt to be responsible for the offense(s) charged), the case moves to the dispositional phase....
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The court is not bound by the rules of evidence (except for rules on privilege) when deciding whether challenged evidence is admissible.
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).
The core purpose of the Rules of Evidence is to achieve fairness, efficiency, and justice by ensuring that only relevant and reliable evidence is considered by the finder of fact. G.S. 8C-102(a).
The state must give notice to the defendant of any expert witnesses that the state reasonably expects to call as a witness at trial.
Language in an indictment or other criminal pleading that is unnecessary (“surplusage”) does not prohibit the state from proving theories or facts of the charged crime that are different from those alleged in the indictment.
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