{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2405","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2405","heading":"Conduct of the adjudicatory hearing.","body":"The adjudicatory hearing shall be a judicial process designed to determine whether the juvenile is undisciplined or delinquent. In the adjudicatory hearing, the court shall protect the following rights of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian to assure due process of law:\n(1)\tThe right to written notice of the facts alleged in the petition;\n(2)\tThe right to counsel;\n(3)\tThe right to confront and cross-examine witnesses;\n(4)\tThe privilege against self-incrimination;\n(5)\tThe right of discovery; and\n(6)\tAll rights afforded adult offenders except the right to bail, the right of self-representation, and the right of trial by jury. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code.","SUBCHAPTER II. UNDISCIPLINED AND DELINQUENT JUVENILES.","Article 24. Hearing Procedures."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7B/GS_7B-2405.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:32Z","sha256":"21069b613672ebaa116f6ac25657780de5da51ca8983ae8592fb810644f6fce9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2404","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}