{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1422","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1422","heading":"Review upon appeal.","body":"(a)\tThe making of a motion for appropriate relief is not a prerequisite for asserting an error upon appeal.\n(b)\tThe grant or denial of relief sought pursuant to G.S. 15A-1414 is subject to appellate review only in an appeal regularly taken.\n(c)\tThe court's ruling on a motion for appropriate relief pursuant to G.S. 15A-1415 is subject to review:\n(1)\tIf the time for appeal from the conviction has not expired, by appeal.\n(2)\tIf an appeal is pending when the ruling is entered, in that appeal.\n(3)\tIf the time for appeal has expired and no appeal is pending, by writ of certiorari.\n(d)\tThere is no right to appeal from the denial of a motion for appropriate relief when the movant is entitled to a trial de novo upon appeal.\n(e)\tWhen an error asserted upon appeal has also been the subject of a motion for appropriate relief, denial of the motion has no effect on the right to assert error upon appeal.\n(f)\tDecisions of the Court of Appeals on motions for appropriate relief that embrace matter set forth in G.S. 15A-1415(b) are final and not subject to further review by appeal, certification, writ, motion, or otherwise. (1977, c. 711, s. 1; 1981, c. 470, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER XIV. CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND APPEAL.","Article 89. Motion for Appropriate Relief and Other Post-Trial Relief."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-1422.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"a0fffb64490f21b67deb989f4c868cfa5c7c42cd991d429d36118ff225ce54f5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1421","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1423-through-15a-1430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}