{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-923","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-923","heading":"Use of pleadings in felony cases and misdemeanor cases initiated in the superior court division.","body":"(a)\tProsecution on Information or Indictment. - The pleading in felony cases and misdemeanor cases initiated in the superior court division must be a bill of indictment, unless there is a waiver of the bill of indictment as provided in G.S. 15A-642. If there is a waiver, the pleading must be an information. A presentment by the grand jury may not serve as the pleading in a criminal case.\n(b)\tForm of Information or Indictment. - An information and a bill of indictment charge the crime or crimes in the same manner. An information has entered upon it or attached to it the defendant's written waiver of a bill of indictment. The bill of indictment has entered upon it the finding of the grand jury that it is a true bill.\n(c)\tWaiver of Indictment. - The defendant may waive a bill of indictment as provided in G.S. 15A-642.\n(d)\tAmendment of Information. - An information may be amended only with the consent of the defendant.\n(e)\tNo Amendment of Indictment. - A bill of indictment may not be amended. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER IX. PRETRIAL PROCEDURE.","Article 49. Pleadings and Joinder."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-923.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"2a7d815e76ab9a1f38e2b361099d8e82ea4f7f2e0fab584dd073ecd20d24227c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-922","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-924"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}