In a previous post I commented on one way to avoid the harshest minimum sentencing provisions of North Carolina’s drug trafficking laws. A defendant in Raleigh or other parts of North Carolina can offer “substantial assistance.”
But what if someone is truly not deserving of an active sentence – meaning an immediate prison term – [...]
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Extraordinary Mitigation: Deviating from NC Structured Sentencing
What is North Carolina’s Structured Sentencing Scheme?
In the mid-1990s North Carolina created a structured sentencing system for misdemeanors and felonies committed after December 1, 1995. I recently observed a case where the alleged crime had been committed in 1992, and in that case the defendant was sentenced under the old North Carolina sentencing system. But for all felonies or misdemeanors alleged to have ...