The AP reports that yesterday, “[a] former Army National Guard member who had spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State opened fire on a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University . . . before ROTC students subdued and killed him.” The assailant killed Lt. Col. Brandon Shah and injured two other people. The perpetrator has been identified as...
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If the defendant (or any defendant in a multi-defendant case) puts on evidence, then state has the right to the first and last closing argument.
The superior court has jurisdiction to accept a guilty plea to a misdemeanor tendered in lieu of a felony charge.
A prosecution in superior court must be by indictment, although a noncapital defendant may waive the right to an indictment and be tried on an information. See G.S. 15A-642; -943.
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).
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.
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