{"id":15579,"date":"2025-10-04T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/?p=15579"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:29:36","slug":"guilty-plea-appeal-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/guilty-plea-appeal-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Plea Appeal Rights After North Carolina v. Branham"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Can You Appeal After a Guilty Plea in North  Carolina?<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"203\"><strong>Quick Take: <\/strong>North<em data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"68\"> Carolina v. Branham<\/em> shows that guilty pleas in North Carolina do not automatically preserve appellate rights, but certiorari may sometimes fill the gap.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"523\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"317\">\n<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"317\">The Court of Appeals held no statutory right existed to appeal a denied immunity motion after a guilty plea.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/guilty-plea-appeal-north-carolina\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Guilty Plea Appeal Rights After North Carolina v. Branham\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can You Appeal After a Guilty Plea in North Carolina? Quick Take: North Carolina v. Branham shows that guilty pleas in North Carolina do not automatically preserve appellate rights, but certiorari may sometimes fill the gap. 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