NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 186

HOUSE BILL 377

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 15A-1023(b) TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING OF A CONTINUANCE TO DEFENDANT UPON REJECTION OF A PLEA BY TRIAL JUDGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1023(b) is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence, after the word "accordingly" and before the words "a decision" in line 9 the following sentence:

"Upon rejection of the plea arrangement by the judge the defendant is entitled to a continuance until the next session of court."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1977.