{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1227","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1227","heading":"Motion for dismissal.","body":"(a)\tA motion for dismissal for insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction may be made at the following times:\n(1)\tUpon close of the State's evidence.\n(2)\tUpon close of all the evidence.\n(3)\tAfter return of a verdict of guilty and before entry of judgment.\n(4)\tAfter discharge of the jury without a verdict and before the end of the session.\n(b)\tFailure to make the motion at the close of the State's evidence or after all the evidence is not a bar to making the motion at a later time as provided in subsection (a).\n(c)\tThe judge must rule on a motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence before the trial may proceed.\n(d)\tThe sufficiency of all evidence introduced in a criminal case is reviewable on appeal without regard to whether a motion has been made during trial, as provided in G.S. 15A-1446(d)(5). (1977, c. 711, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER XII. TRIAL PROCEDURE IN SUPERIOR COURT.","Article 73. Criminal Jury Trial in Superior Court."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-1227.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"1baea288e576623142bdce915e4dc62690b78ec4daa303a305fc365b1468e1da","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1226","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1228"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}