The defendant may appeal an order denying the defendant's motion for DNA testing under this Article, including by an interlocutory appeal. The court shall appoint counsel in accordance with rules adopted by the Office of Indigent Defense Services upon a finding of indigency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-270.1
Right to appeal denial of defendant's motion for DNA testing
Known as the DNA Database and Databank Act
The act spans §§ 15A-266 to 15A-270.1 (19 sections).
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 202 N.C. App. 329 - State v. Norman (2010)
Most recently applied in 263 N.C. App. 231 - State v. Byers (December 2018)
2007-539, s. 4; 2009-203, s. 6; 2011-326, s. 12(e).
How often courts cite this section
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.
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.