{"id":15292,"date":"2025-07-19T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/?p=15292"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:44:00","slug":"can-i-get-a-continuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/can-i-get-a-continuance\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I get a continuance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"723\">If you&#8217;re facing charges in North Carolina, there\u2019s a good chance your case will not be resolved on the first court date, and therefore, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15302 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-300x168.webp\" alt=\"CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-1024x574.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-1000x561.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR-214x120.webp 214w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CASE-CONTINUANCE-NORTH-CAROLINA-COURT-CALENDAR.webp 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> you will need a continuance. It might be continued again, and again after that. Whether you\u2019re charged with DWI in Mecklenburg County or facing a felony in Union County, continuances are part of the system.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"483\">Some clients ask, \u201cWhy is my case taking so long?\u201d not realizing that continuances often help the defense more than they help the State. They wonder if the judge is overlooking something or if the system just doesn\u2019t care. Some assume a continuance means something is wrong. In reality, it&#8217;s usually the opposite.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"763\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In criminal and DWI courtrooms across North Carolina, continuances are rarely about delay for its own sake. They result from crowded dockets, incomplete discovery, unavailable officers or witnesses, scheduling conflicts, or system failures that no one in the courtroom controls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/can-i-get-a-continuance\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can I get a continuance?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re facing charges in North Carolina, there\u2019s a good chance your case will not be resolved on the first court date, and therefore, you will need a continuance. It might be continued again, and again after that. Whether you\u2019re charged with DWI in Mecklenburg County or facing a felony in Union County, continuances are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1979,1966,1969,1982,1967,1978,1976,1970,1973,1981,1974,1986,1984,1972,1971,1430,1975,1983,1985,1980,1977,1968],"class_list":["post-15292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dwi","tag-case-reset-criminal-court","tag-continuance-north-carolina","tag-court-continuance-mecklenburg-county","tag-court-delays-and-discovery-nc","tag-criminal-court-delay-nc","tag-criminal-docket-control-nc","tag-defense-lawyer-continuance-request","tag-dwi-case-continued-nc","tag-felony-case-continued-in-nc","tag-gaston-county-criminal-court-delays","tag-how-long-does-court-take-nc","tag-iredell-defense-lawyers","tag-judge-granted-continuance-nc","tag-north-carolina-court-process","tag-odyssey-ecourts-delays","tag-powers-law-firm","tag-prosecutorial-delay-north-carolina","tag-repeated-continuances-north-carolina","tag-trial-delays-dwi-court","tag-union-county-court-continuance","tag-who-decides-court-continuance","tag-why-was-my-case-continued"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can I get a continuance? &#8212; Carolina Criminal Defense &amp; DUI Lawyer Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is a continuance? 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