Recent Changes to the Pretrial Release Statutes
Published for NC Criminal Law on November 19, 2015.
In the 2015 legislative session, the General Assembly made two significant changes to the pretrial release statutes: (1) it effectively repealed a “bond doubling” provision for defendants rearrested while on pretrial release, and (2) it expanded the scope of the 48-hour rule for domestic violence cases to include dating couples.Bond doubling. In 2013, the General ... Read more
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