Electing to Serve a Sentence

Published for NC Criminal Law on October 23, 2009.

Suppose a defendant is convicted of a crime and the judge wants to (or, in a “C” or “C/I” cell in the sentencing grid, has to) suspend the sentence. Can the defendant refuse probation and elect to serve the sentence? Unless the defendant’s crime was committed prior to January 1, 1997, the answer is no. ... Read more

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