GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 727

SENATE BILL 504

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE VENUE FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONY OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF A MUNICIPALITY WHICH LIES WITHIN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-131(c) is amended to read:

"(c)      Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, venue for probable cause hearings and trial proceedings in cases within the original jurisdiction of the superior court lies in the county where the charged offense occurred. If the alleged offense is committed within the corporate limits of a municipality which is the seat of superior court and is located in more than one county, venue lies in the superior court which sits within that municipality, but upon timely objection of the defendant or the district attorney in the county in which the alleged offense occurred the case must be transferred to the county in which the alleged offense occurred."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1983.