North Carolina § 15A-613 Setting offense for trial in district court

North Carolina Statutes

§ 15A-613 — Setting offense for trial in district court

North Carolina § 15A-613

Ch. 15ACriminal Procedure Act

Art. 30Probable-Cause Hearing

Subch. VIPreliminary Proceedings

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-613 (2026).

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If an offense set for trial in the district court under the terms of G.S. 15A-604(b)(4) or any provision of G.S. 15A-612 is a lesser included offense of the charge before the court on a pleading, the judge may:

(1)Accept a plea of guilty or no contest, with the consent of the prosecutor; or

(2)Proceed to try the offense immediately, with the consent of both the defendant and the prosecutor. Otherwise, the judge must enter an appropriate order for subsequent calendaring of the case for trial in the district court. The trial so ordered may not be earlier than five working days nor later than 15 working days from the date of the order. The judge must note in the case records the new offense with which the defendant is charged, has been tried, or to which he entered a plea of guilty or no co

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If an offense set for trial in the district court under the terms of G.S. 15A-604(b)(4) or any provision of G.S. 15A-612 is a lesser included offense of the charge before the court on a pleading, the judge may:
(1) Accept a plea of guilty or no contest, with the consent of the prosecutor; or
(2) Proceed to try the offense immediately, with the consent of both the defendant and the prosecutor.
Otherwise, the judge must enter an appropriate order for subsequent calendaring of the case for trial in the district court. The trial so ordered may not be earlier than five working days nor later than 15 working days from the date of the order. The judge must note in the case records the new offense with which the defendant is charged, has been tried, or to which he entered a plea of guilty or no contest. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1975, c. 166, s. 27.)