State v. Pruitt

CARLTON, Judge.

Defendant’s sole specific assignment of error is that the trial court committed error by denying his motion to dismiss after finding that he was never accorded a first appearance as required by G.S. 15A-601. That statute provides in pertinent part as follows: “Unless the defendant is released pursuant to Article 26 of this Chapter, Bail, first appearance before a district court judge must be held within 96 hours after the defendant is taken into custody or at the first regular session of the district court in the county, whichever occurs first.”

The record discloses that…