NC Criminal Law

Belal Elrahal on Friday, February 27th, 2026

On Tuesday, President Trump delivered the State of the Union address. The address included mentions of immigration and fentanyl, with the President spotlighting the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and his assertion that he had declared illicit fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.” As reported by NPR, applying terrorism tools to narcotics groups is a novel use of...

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A trial judge may permit any party to introduce additional evidence at any time before verdict. See G.S. 15A-1226(b).

A judge may not constitutionally impose a suspended sentence for a misdemeanor conviction unless the defendant was represented by counsel or properly waived counsel.

A criminal charge contained in a pleading must be sufficiently definite to identify the offense, enable the defendant to prepare his or her defense, bar a subsequent prosecution for the same offense, and enable the court to impose judgment.

If the elements of the offense were committed in more than one county, each county in which an element of the crime was committed has concurrent venue. See G.S. 15A-132(a).

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.