Pleadings in criminal cases
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 157 N.C. App. 472 - State v. Jones (2003)
Most recently applied in 265 N.C. App. 491 - State v. Capps (May 2019)
1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1975, c. 166, s. 18.
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.
Subject to the provisions of this Article, the following may serve as pleadings of the State in criminal cases:
(1) Citation.
(2) Criminal summons.
(3) Warrant for arrest.
(4) Magistrate's order pursuant to G.S. 15A-511 after arrest without warrant.
(5) Statement of charges.
(6) Information.
(7) Indictment.
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.