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Completing its work in 1958, the committee recommended consolidating the state's courts into a unified General Court of Justice. [5] New "District Courts" were proposed to succeed the recorder's courts and justice of the peace courts as standard local trial courts. [6] [7] Through the late 1950s and 1960s, North Carolina's judicial system was ...
The North Carolina Structured Sentencing Act was adopted and implemented in order to give the judge a specific set of standards to follow when sentencing a person. There was a need to change the way that criminals were sentenced in order to lower the prison population, and ensure that the people that were spending time in prison were there for necessary reasons, and that they were serving an ...
In North Carolina, magistrates are officers of District Court. Most magistrates are not lawyers. [4] In criminal cases, a magistrate may issue warrants, set bail, accept guilty pleas, and so forth. In civil cases, the most common duty of a magistrate is to preside over small claims court. [5] [6]
At the direction of the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, a special superior court judge may convene the North Carolina Business Court [8] to oversee trials involving complex questions of corporate and commercial law. [1] [17] Ben F. Tennille was the first appointed Business Court judge.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday reduced the sentences of four people and issued pardons to four others. “Ensuring thorough review of cases while taking executive clemency action is a ...
Who will be the next judge for NC’s District 10E? Get to know the candidates looking for your vote in the March 5 election with our voter guide.
[30] [28] A mandatory sentence for a second offence of drug trafficking was struck out in 2021 for similar reasons; the conviction was upheld but the sentence referred back to the Circuit Court for reconsideration. [31] In the United Kingdom, upon conviction for murder, the court must sentence the defendant to life imprisonment. The law ...
The seal of the Supreme Court of North Carolina is seen in their courtroom at the Justice Building in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, May 9, 2022.