Authorized sentences; conviction
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 135 N.C. App. 734 - State v. Linemann (1999)
Most recently applied in United States v. Tyrius Smith (September 2019)
1977, c. 711, s. 1; 1993, c. 538, s. 12; 1994, Ex
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The criminal judgment entered against a person in either district or superior court shall be consistent with the provisions of Article 81B of this Chapter and contain a sentence disposition consistent with that Article, unless the offense for which his guilt has been established is not covered by that Article.
(b) For the purpose of imposing sentence, a person has been convicted when he has been adjudged guilty or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.