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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-273

Basis for order

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Doe (1990)

Most recently applied in David Evans v. Patrick Baker (December 2012)

1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1997-80, s. 14.

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An order may issue only on an affidavit or affidavits sworn to before the judge and establishing the following grounds for the order:

(1) That there is probable cause to believe that a felony offense, or a Class A1 or Class 1 misdemeanor offense has been committed;

(2) That there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person named or described in the affidavit committed the offense; and

(3) That the results of specific nontestimonial identification procedures will be of material aid in determining whether the person named in the affidavit committed the offense.

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.