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Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act
Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act
Article 1 - Definitions and General Provisions.
Article 2 - Jurisdiction.
Article 3 - Venue.
Article 4 - Entry and Withdrawal of Attorney in Criminal Case.
Article 5 - Expunction of Records.
Article 6 - Certification of Relief.
Article 7 - Reserved
Article 8 - Electronic Recording of Interrogations.
Article 8A - SBI and State Crime Laboratory Access to View and Analyze Recordings.
Article 9 - Search and Seizure by Consent.
Article 10 - Other Searches and Seizures.
Article 11 - Search Warrants.
Article 12 - Pen Registers; Trap and Trace Devices.
Article 13 - DNA Database and Databank.
Article 14 - Nontestimonial Identification.
Article 14A - Eyewitness Identification Reform Act.
Article 15 - Urgent Necessity.
Article 16 - Electronic Surveillance.
Article 16A - Discontinuation of Telecommunications Services.
Article 16B - Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Article 17 - Criminal Process.
Article 18 - Identification Documents.
Article 19 - Reserved
Article 20 - Arrest.
Article 21 - Reserved
Article 22 - Reserved
Article 23 - Police Processing and Duties upon Arrest.
Article 24 - Initial Appearance.
Article 25 - Commitment.
Article 26 - Bail.
Article 27 - Reserved
Article 28 - Reserved
Article 29 - First Appearance before District Court Judge.
Article 30 - Probable-Cause Hearing.
Article 31 - The Grand Jury and Its Proceedings.
Article 32 - Indictment and Related Instruments.
Article 33 - Reserved
Article 34 - Reserved
Article 35 - Speedy Trial.
Article 36 - Special Criminal Process for Attendance of Defendants.
Article 37 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.
Article 38 - Interstate Agreement on Detainers.
Article 39 - Other Special Process for Attendance of Defendants.
Article 40 - Reserved
Article 41 - Reserved
Article 42 - Attendance of Witnesses Generally.
Article 43 - Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses from without a State in Criminal Proceedings.
Article 44 - Securing Attendance of Prisoners as Witnesses.
Article 45 - Fair Treatment for Certain Victims and Witnesses.
Article 46 - Crime Victims' Rights Act.
Article 47 - Reserved
Article 48 - Discovery in the Superior Court.
Article 49 - Pleadings and Joinder.
Article 50 - Voluntary Dismissal.
Article 51 - Arraignment.
Article 52 - Motions Practice.
Article 53 - Motion to Suppress Evidence.
Article 54 - Reserved
Article 55 - Reserved
Article 56 - Incapacity to Proceed.
Article 57 - Pleas.
Article 58 - Procedures Relating to Guilty Pleas in Superior Court.
Article 58A - Procedures Relating to Felony Guilty Pleas in District Court.
Article 59 - Maintenance of Order in the Courtroom.
Article 60 - Reserved
Article 61 - Granting of Immunity to Witnesses.
Article 62 - Mistrial.
Article 63 - Reserved
Article 64 - Reserved
Article 65 - In General.
Article 66 - Procedure for Hearing and Disposition of Infractions.
Article 67 - through 70 Reserved
Article 71 - Right to Trial by Jury.
Article 72 - Selecting and Impaneling the Jury.
Article 73 - Criminal Jury Trial in Superior Court.
Article 74 - Reserved
Article 75 - Reserved
Article 76 - Reserved
Article 77 - Reserved
Article 78 - Order of Commitment to Imprisonment.
Article 79 - Reserved
Article 80 - Defendants Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
Article 81 - General Sentencing Provisions.
Article 81A - Sentencing Persons Convicted of Felonies.
Article 81B - Structured Sentencing of Persons Convicted of Crimes.
Article 81C - Restitution.
Article 81D - Permanent No Contact Order Against Convicted Sex Offender.
Article 82 - Probation.
Article 83 - Imprisonment.
Article 84 - Fines.
Article 84A - Post-Release Supervision.
Article 84B - Medical Release of Inmates.
Article 85 - Parole.
Article 85A - Parole of Certain Convicted Felons.
Article 85B - Review of Sentences of Life Imprisonment Without Parole.
Article 86 - Reports of Dispositions of Criminal Cases.
Article 87 - Reserved
Article 88 - Post-Trial Motions and Appeal.
Article 89 - Motion for Appropriate Relief and Other Post-Trial Relief.
Article 90 - Appeals from Magistrates and District Court Judges.
Article 91 - Appeal to Appellate Division.
Article 92 - North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.
Article 93 - through 99 Reserved
Article 100 - Capital Punishment.
Article 101 - North Carolina Racial Justice Act.