(DOWNLOAD) "North Carolina v. Lawrence" by Supreme Court of North Carolina " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: North Carolina v. Lawrence
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 12, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Defendants contention that the Superior Court did not have jurisdiction of the "driving under the influence" charge is based on the argument that the Superior Court could acquire jurisdiction of the misdemeanor only by appeal from a District Court which retained its exclusive, original jurisdiction with the nolle prosequi. With this position we disagree. G.S. 7A-272 grants original jurisdiction for the trial of misdemeanor cases to the District Court, "except as provided in this article." G.S. 7A-271(a) provides in part as follows: