255 N.C. App. 802 - State v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(1) The defendant's failure to appear has been set aside by the court and any order for arrest issued for that failure to appear has been recalled, as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (2) All charges for which the defendant was bonded to appear have been finally disposed by the court other than by the State's taking dismissal with leave, as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (3) The defendant has been surrendered by a surety on the bail bond as provided by G.S. 15A-540, as evidenced by the sheriff's receipt provided for in that section. (4) The defendant has been served with an Order for Arrest for the Failure to Appear on the criminal charge in the case in question as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (5) The defendant died before or within the period between the forfeiture and the final judgment as demonstrated by the presentation of a death certificate. (6) The defendant was incarcerated in a unit of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety and is serving a sentence or in a unit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons located within the borders of the State at the time of the failure to appear as evidenced by a copy of an official court record or a copy of a document from the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety or Federal Bureau of Prisons, inclu”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Slade · 261 N.C. App. 696 - State v. Isaacs

2. “In an appeal from an order setting aside a bond forfeiture, the standard of review for this Court is whether there was competent evidence to support the trial court's findings of fact and whether its conclusions of law were proper in light of such facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 696 - State v. Isaacs

3. “(1) No order setting aside the forfeiture under [N.C. Gen. Stat. §] 15A-544.5 is entered on or before that date; and (2) [n]o motion to set aside the forfeiture is pending on that date .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Slade