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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 5A-14

Summary proceedings for contempt

Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 171 N.C. App. 636 - State v. McCoy (2005)

Most recently applied in 266 N.C. App. 393 - State v. Tincher (July 2019)

1977, c. 711, s. 3.

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(a) The presiding judicial official may summarily impose measures in response to direct criminal contempt when necessary to restore order or maintain the dignity and authority of the court and when the measures are imposed substantially contemporaneously with the contempt.

(b) Before imposing measures under this section, the judicial official must give the person charged with contempt summary notice of the charges and a summary opportunity to respond and must find facts supporting the summary imposition of measures in response to contempt. The facts must be established beyond a reasonable doubt.

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.