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NC Gen Stat § 14-7.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.7 - Persons defined as violent habitual felons.

 14-7.7. Persons defined as violent habitual felons.(a) Any person who has been convicted of two violent felonies in any federal court, in a court of this or any other state of the United States, or in a combination of these courts is declared to be a violent habitual felon. For purposes of this Article, "convicted" means the person has been adjudged guilty of or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest to the violent felony charge, and judgment has been entered thereon when such action occurred on or after July 6, 1967. This Article does not apply to a second violent felony unless it is committed after the conviction or plea of guilty or no contest to the first violent felony. Any felony to which a pardon has been extended shall not, for the purposes of this Article, constitute a felony. The burden of proving a pardon shall rest with the defendant, and this State shall not be required to disprove a pardon. Conviction as an habitual felon shall not, for purposes of this Article, constitute a violent felony.(b) For purposes of this Article, "violent felony" includes the following offenses:(1) All Class A through E felonies.(2) Any repealed or superseded offense substantially equivalent to the offenses listed in subdivision (1).(3) Any offense committed in another jurisdiction substantially similar to the offenses set forth in subdivision (1) or (2). (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, ss. 31, 32; 2000-155, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.8 - Punishment.

 14-7.8. Punishment.When a person is charged by indictment with the commission of a violent felony and is also charged with being a violent habitual felon as defined in G.S. 14-7.7, the person must, upon conviction, be sentenced in accordance with this Article, except in those cases where the death penalty is imposed. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.9 - Charge of violent habitual felon.

 14-7.9. Charge of violent habitual felon.An indictment that charges a person who is a violent habitual felon within the meaning of G.S. 14-7.7 with the commission of any violent felony must, in order to sustain a conviction of violent habitual felon, also charge that the person is a violent habitual felon. The indictment charging the defendant as a violent habitual felon shall be separate from the indictment charging the defendant with the principal violent felony. An indictment that charges a person with being a violent habitual felon must set forth the date that prior violent felonies were committed, the name of the state or other sovereign against whom the violent felonies were committed, the dates of convictions of the violent felonies, and the identity of the court in which the convictions took place. A defendant charged with being a violent habitual felon in a bill of indictment shall not be required to go to trial on that charge within 20 days after the finding of a true bill by the grand jury unless the defendant waives this 20-day period. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.10 - Evidence of prior convictions of violent felonies.

 14-7.10. Evidence of prior convictions of violent felonies.In all cases where a person is charged under this Article with being a violent habitual felon, the records of prior convictions of violent felonies shall be admissible in evidence, but only for the purpose of proving that the person has been convicted of former violent felonies. A prior conviction may be proved by stipulation of the parties or by the original or a certified copy of the court record of the prior conviction. The original or certified copy of the court record, bearing the same name as that by which the defendant is charged, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant named therein is the same as the defendant before the court, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set out therein. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.11 - Verdict and judgment.

 14-7.11. Verdict and judgment.When an indictment charges a violent habitual felon with a violent felony as provided in this Article and an indictment also charges that the person is a violent habitual felon as provided in this Article, the defendant shall be tried for the principal violent felony as provided by law. The indictment that the person is a violent habitual felon shall not be revealed to the jury unless the jury finds that the defendant is guilty of the principal violent felony or another violent felony with which the defendant is charged. If the jury finds the defendant guilty of a violent felony, the bill of indictment charging the defendant as a violent habitual felon may be presented to the same jury. Except that the same jury may be used, the proceedings shall be as if the issue of violent habitual felon were a principal charge. If the jury finds that the defendant is a violent habitual felon, the trial judge shall enter judgment according to the provisions of this Article. If the jury finds that the defendant is not a violent habitual felon, the trial judge shall pronounce judgment on the principal violent felony or felonies as provided by law. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2B - Violent Habitual Felons.|§ 14-7.12 - Sentencing of violent habitual felons.

 14-7.12. Sentencing of violent habitual felons.A person who is convicted of a violent felony and of being a violent habitual felon must, upon conviction (except where the death penalty is imposed), be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Life imprisonment without parole means that the person will spend the remainder of the person's natural life in prison. The sentencing judge may not suspend the sentence and may not place the person sentenced on probation. Sentences for violent habitual felons imposed under this Article shall run consecutively with and shall commence at the expiration of any other sentence being served by the person. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2C - Continuing Criminal Enterprise.|§ 14-7.20 - Continuing criminal enterprise.

 14-7.20. Continuing criminal enterprise.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a1) of this section, any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall be punished as a Class H felon and in addition shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.(a1) Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise where the felony violation required by subdivision (c)(1) of this section is a violation of G.S. 14-10.1 shall be punished as a Class D felon and, in addition, shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.(b) Any person who is convicted under subsection (a) or (a1) of this section of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise shall forfeit to the State of North Carolina:(1) The profits obtained by the person in the enterprise, and(2) Any of the person's interest in, claim against, or property or contractual rights of any kind affording a source of influence over, such enterprise.(c) For purposes of this section, a person is engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise if:(1) The person violates any provision of this Chapter, the punishment of which is a felony; and(2) The violation is a part of a continuing series of violations of this Chapter:a. Which are undertaken by the person in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom the person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management; andb. From which the person obtains substantial income or resources.  (1995, c. 378, s. 1; 2012-38, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.25 - Definitions.

 14-7.25. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) "Breaking and entering." - The term means any of the following felony offenses:a. First degree burglary (G.S. 14-51).b. Second degree burglary (G.S. 14-51).c. Breaking out of dwelling house burglary (G.S. 14-53).d. Breaking or entering buildings generally (G.S. 14-54(a)).d1. Breaking or entering with intent to terrorize or injure an occupant of the building (G.S. 14-54(a1)).e. Breaking or entering a building that is a place of religious worship (G.S. 14-54.1).f. Any repealed or superseded offense substantially equivalent to any of the offenses in sub-subdivision a., b., c., d., or e. of this subdivision.g. Any offense committed in another jurisdiction substantially similar to any of the offenses in sub-subdivision a., b., c., d., or e. of this subdivision.(2) "Convicted." - The person has been adjudged guilty of or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest to the offense of breaking and entering.(3) "Status offender." - A person who is a habitual breaking and entering status offender as described in G.S. 14-7.26.  (2011-192, s. 3(a); 2017-176, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.26 - Habitual breaking and entering status offender.

 14-7.26. Habitual breaking and entering status offender.Any person who has been convicted of or pled guilty to one or more prior felony offenses of breaking and entering in any federal court or state court in the United States, or combination thereof, is guilty of the status offense of habitual breaking and entering and may be charged with that status offense pursuant to this Article.This Article does not apply to a second felony offense of breaking and entering unless it is committed after the conviction of the first felony offense of breaking and entering. For purposes of this Article, felony offenses of breaking and entering committed before the person is 18 years of age shall not constitute more than one felony of breaking and entering. Any felony to which a pardon has been extended shall not, for the purposes of this Article, constitute a felony offense of breaking and entering.  (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.27 - Punishment.

 14-7.27. Punishment.When any person is charged with a felony offense of breaking and entering and is also charged with being a status offender as defined in G.S. 14-7.26, the person must, upon conviction, be sentenced and punished as a status offender as provided by this Article. (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.28 - Charge of habitual breaking and entering status offender.

 14-7.28. Charge of habitual breaking and entering status offender.(a) The district attorney, in his or her discretion, may charge a person with the status offense of habitual breaking and entering pursuant to this Article. To sustain a conviction of a person as a status offender, the person must be charged separately for the felony offense of breaking and entering and for the habitual breaking and entering status offense. The indictment charging the defendant as a status offender shall be separate from the indictment charging the person with the principal felony offense of breaking and entering.(b) An indictment that charges a person with being a status offender must set forth the date that the prior felony offense of breaking and entering was committed, the name of the state or other sovereign against whom the felony offense of breaking and entering was committed, the dates that the plea of guilty was entered into or conviction returned in the felony offense of breaking and entering, and the identity of the court in which the plea or conviction took place. No defendant charged with being a status offender in a bill of indictment shall be required to go to trial on the charge within 20 days of the finding of a true bill by the grand jury; provided, the defendant may waive this 20-day period.  (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.29 - Evidence of prior convictions of breaking and entering.

 14-7.29. Evidence of prior convictions of breaking and entering.In all cases in which a person is charged under the provisions of this Article with being a status offender, the record of prior conviction of the felony offense of breaking and entering shall be admissible in evidence, but only for the purpose of proving that the person has been convicted of a former felony offense of breaking and entering. A prior conviction may be proved by stipulation of the parties or by the original or a certified copy of the court record of the prior conviction. The original or certified copy of the court record, bearing the same name as that by which the defendant is charged, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant named therein is the same as the defendant before the court and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set out therein.  (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.30 - Verdict and judgment.

 14-7.30. Verdict and judgment.(a) When an indictment charges a person with a felony offense of breaking and entering as provided by this Article and an indictment also charges that the person is a status offender, the defendant shall be tried for the principal offense of breaking and entering as provided by law. The indictment that the person is a status offender shall not be revealed to the jury unless the jury shall find that the defendant is guilty of the principal felony offense of breaking and entering with which the defendant is charged.(b) If the jury finds the defendant guilty of the felony offense of breaking and entering, the bill of indictment charging the defendant as a status offender may be presented to the same jury. Except that the same jury may be used, the proceedings shall be as if the issue of status offender were a principal charge.(c) If the jury finds that the defendant is a status offender, the trial judge shall enter judgment according to the provisions of this Article. If the jury finds that the defendant is not a status offender, the trial judge shall pronounce judgment on the principal felony offense of breaking and entering as provided by law.  (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2D - Habitual Breaking and Entering Status Offense.|§ 14-7.31 - Sentencing of status offenders.

 14-7.31. Sentencing of status offenders.(a) When a status offender as defined in this Article commits a felony offense of breaking and entering under the laws of the State of North Carolina, the status offender must, upon conviction or plea of guilty under indictment as provided in this Article, be sentenced as a Class E felon.(b) In determining the prior record level, any conviction used to establish a person's status as a status offender shall not be used. Sentences imposed under this Article shall run consecutively with and shall commence at the expiration of any sentence being served by the person sentenced under this section.(c) A conviction as a status offender under this Article shall not constitute commission of a felony for the purpose of either Article 2A or Article 2B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes.  (2011-192, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.35 - Definitions.

 14-7.35. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) "Convicted." - The person has been adjudged guilty of or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest to the firearm-related felony.(2) "Firearm-related felony." - Any felony committed by a person in which the person used or displayed a firearm while committing the felony.(3) "Status offender." - A person who is an armed habitual felon as described in G.S. 14-7.36.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.36 - Armed habitual felon.

 14-7.36. Armed habitual felon.Any person who has been convicted of or pled guilty to one or more prior firearm-related felony offenses in any federal court or state court in the United States, or combination thereof, is guilty of the status offense of armed habitual felon and may be charged with that status offense pursuant to this Article.This Article does not apply to a second firearm-related felony unless it is committed after the conviction of a firearm-related felony in which evidence of the person's use, display, or threatened use or display of a firearm was needed to prove an element of the felony or was needed to establish the requirement for an enhanced or aggravated sentence. For purposes of this Article, firearm-related felonies committed before the person is 18 years of age shall not constitute more than one firearm-related felony. Any firearm-related felony to which a pardon has been extended shall not, for the purposes of this Article, constitute a firearm-related felony.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.37 - Punishment.

 14-7.37. Punishment.When any person is charged with a firearm-related felony and is also charged with being a status offender, the person must, upon conviction, be sentenced and punished as a status offender as provided by this Article.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.38 - Charge of status offense as an armed habitual felon.

 14-7.38. Charge of status offense as an armed habitual felon.(a) The district attorney, in the district attorney's discretion, may charge a person as a status offender pursuant to this Article. To sustain a conviction of a person as a status offender, the person must be charged separately for the principal firearm-related felony and for the status offense of armed habitual felon. The indictment charging the defendant as a status offender shall be separate from the indictment charging the person with the principal firearm-related felony.(b) An indictment that charges a person with being a status offender must set forth all of the following information regarding the prior firearm-related felony:(1) The date the offense was committed.(2) The name of the state or other sovereign against whom the offense was committed.(3) The dates that the plea of guilty was entered into or conviction returned in the offense.(4) The identity of the court in which the plea or conviction took place.(c) No defendant charged with being a status offender in a bill of indictment shall be required to go to trial on the charge within 20 days of the finding of a true bill by the grand jury; provided, the defendant may waive this 20-day period.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.39 - Evidence of prior convictions of firearm-related felonies.

 14-7.39. Evidence of prior convictions of firearm-related felonies.In all cases in which a person is charged under the provisions of this Article with being a status offender, the record of prior conviction of the firearm-related felony shall be admissible in evidence, but only for the purpose of proving that the person has been convicted of a former firearm-related felony. A prior conviction may be proved by stipulation of the parties or by the original or a certified copy of the court record of the prior conviction. The original or certified copy of the court record, bearing the same name as that by which the defendant is charged, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant named therein is the same as the defendant before the court and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set out therein.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.40 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.40 - Verdict and judgment.

 14-7.40. Verdict and judgment.(a) When an indictment charges a person with a firearm-related felony as provided by this Article and an indictment also charges that the person is a status offender, the defendant shall be tried for the principal firearm-related felony as provided by law. The indictment that the person is a status offender shall not be revealed to the jury unless the jury shall find that the defendant is guilty of the principal firearm-related felony with which the defendant is charged.(b) If the jury finds the defendant guilty of the principal firearm-related felony, and it is found as provided in this section that (i) the person committed the felony by using, displaying, or threatening the use or display of a firearm or deadly weapon and (ii) the person actually possessed the firearm or deadly weapon about his or her person, the bill of indictment charging the defendant as a status offender may be presented to the same jury. Except that the same jury may be used, the proceedings shall be as if the issue of status offender were a principal charge.(c) If the jury finds that the defendant is a status offender, the trial judge shall enter judgment according to the provisions of this Article. If the jury finds that the defendant is not a status offender, the trial judge shall pronounce judgment on the principal firearm-related felony offense as provided by law.  (2013-369, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-7.41 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 2E - Armed Habitual Felon.|§ 14-7.41 - Sentencing of armed habitual felon.

 14-7.41. Sentencing of armed habitual felon.(a) A person who is convicted of a firearm-related felony and is also convicted of the status offense must, upon conviction or plea of guilty under indictment as provided in this Article, be sentenced as a Class C felon (except where the felon has been sentenced as a Class A, B1, or B2 felon). However, in no case shall the person receive a minimum term of imprisonment of less than 120 months. The court may not suspend the sentence and may not place the person sentenced on probation.(b) In determining the prior record level, any conviction used to establish a person's status as an armed habitual felon shall not be used. Sentences imposed under this Article shall run consecutively with and shall commence at the expiration of any sentence being served by the person sentenced under this section.(c) A conviction as a status offender under this Article shall not constitute commission of a felony for the purpose of either Article 2A or Article 2B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes.(d) A sentence imposed under this Article may not be enhanced pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.16A.  (2013-369, s. 26.)