NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION
CHAPTER 1018
HOUSE BILL 1005
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 15A-701(a)(2) AND G.S. 15A-701(al)(2) TO REALIGN TIME LIMITS IN MISDEMEANOR CASES APPEALED TO SUPERIOR COURT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 15A-701(a)(2) is rewritten to read as follows:
"(2) Within 90 days from the first regularly scheduled criminal session of superior court held after the defendant has given notice of appeal in a misdemeanor case for a trial de novo in the superior court;".
Sec. 2. G.S. 15A-701(al)(2) is rewritten to read as follows:
"(2) Within 120 days from the first regularly scheduled criminal session of superior court held after the defendant has given notice of appeal in a misdemeanor case for a trial de novo in the superior court;".
Sec. 2A. G.S. 15A-701(al)(3) is hereby amended in the first lines thereof by adding the words and punctuation", or a finding of no probable cause pursuant to G.S. 15A-612" after the phrase "other than under G.S. 15A-703".
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.