Domestic Violence Cases and the 48 Hour Rule
Published for NC Criminal Law on September 07, 2011.
Under G.S. 15A-534.1, when a defendant is charged with assault, stalking, communicating threats, or certain other crimes against “a spouse or former spouse or a person with whom the defendant lives or has lived as if married,” a judge, rather than a magistrate, must set the defendant’s bond. The same rule applies when a defendant ... Read more
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