North Carolina’s new Pretrial Integrity Act

Published for NC Criminal Law on August 23, 2023.

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. 15A-511; -534. There is a carve out for capital defendants—only a judge can set conditions in a capital case and conditions are in the judge’s ... Read more

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