{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-7.40","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.40","heading":"Verdict and judgment.","body":"(a)\tWhen an indictment charges a person with a firearm-related felony as provided by this Article and an indictment also charges that the person is a status offender, the defendant shall be tried for the principal firearm-related felony as provided by law. The indictment that the person is a status offender shall not be revealed to the jury unless the jury shall find that the defendant is guilty of the principal firearm-related felony with which the defendant is charged.\n(b)\tIf the jury finds the defendant guilty of the principal firearm-related felony, and it is found as provided in this section that (i) the person committed the felony by using, displaying, or threatening the use or display of a firearm or deadly weapon and (ii) the person actually possessed the firearm or deadly weapon about his or her person, the bill of indictment charging the defendant as a status offender may be presented to the same jury. Except that the same jury may be used, the proceedings shall be as if the issue of status offender were a principal charge.\n(c)\tIf the jury finds that the defendant is a status offender, the trial judge shall enter judgment according to the provisions of this Article. If the jury finds that the defendant is not a status offender, the trial judge shall pronounce judgment on the principal firearm-related felony offense as provided by law. (2013-369, s. 26.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS.","Article 2E. Armed Habitual Felon."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-7.40.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"08774b9b804bae2286f6253c7da4cb8abb10a0dc7ed722a07cce5e3440ff93ea","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-7.39","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-7.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}