Indicting for a Misdemeanor in Superior Court After a Grand Jury Presentment

Published for NC Criminal Law on October 16, 2013.

District court has original jurisdiction to try misdemeanors, so a misdemeanor usually arrives in superior court after a defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor in district court and appeals for a trial de novo in superior court. However, there are exceptions to the district court’s original jurisdiction that allow a superior court to handle a ... Read more

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