…to pay or that the penalty, fine, or costs should be remitted. Someone asked me recently about these sanctions for nonappearance and nonpayment — or incentives for appearance and payment…
…front of the magistrate at 2:34 a.m., listing his wife’s name and phone number. The implied consent notice form contains a certification from the magistrate that an initial appearance has…
…(3) whether the defendant had disguised his appearance at the time of the offense; and (4) whether the defendant had altered his appearance prior to trial. Post interviewed Patterson immediately…
…probably may delay the initial appearance while a law enforcement officer completes an investigation into the defendant’s identity. Such an investigation may not be feasible in all cases, particularly when…
…arrest was issued. On July 11, 2016, the State dismissed the charges with leave pursuant to G.S. 15A-932(a)(2) (permitting the prosecutor to enter a dismissal with leave for nonappearance when…
…does not include initial appearances before a magistrate or first appearances before a district court judge. In delinquency actions, a court proceeding includes both open and closed hearings, but does…
…offense and the defendant is currently on pretrial release for a prior offense, the judicial official shall require the execution of a secured appearance bond in an amount at least…
As a general rule, most defendants are entitled to have conditions of pretrial release set without unnecessary delay, and this typically happens at the initial appearance before a magistrate. G.S….
…the legal guardrails for you but, as with all sections, leaves the choices to local policymakers. Also, we updated this section with the new statutory rules regarding first appearances. Section…
…risk of non-appearance, injury to any person, or interference with the criminal proceeding. The new decision-making tool was developed by a stakeholder team that included judges, prosecutors, public defenders, clerks,…