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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-8 (2026)

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Upon the conviction of any person for robbing or stealing any money, goods, chattels, or other estate of any description whatever, the person from whom such goods, money, chattels or other estate were robbed or stolen shall be entitled to restitution thereof; and the court may award restitution of the articles so robbed or stolen, and make all such orders and issue such writs of restitution or otherwise as may be necessary for that purpose. (21 Hen. VIII, c. 11; R.C., c. 35, s. 34; Code, s. 1201; Rev., s. 3153; C.S., s. 4519; 1943, c. 543.)

 

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Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2022 · leading case: State v. Nobles, 818 S.E.2d 129 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018).
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State v. Nobles, 818 S.E.2d 129 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). “See Cherokee Code § 15-8, Rule 6(b). The State argues in relevant part that even if the EBCI recognizes all first descendants as Indians for purposes of exercising its tribal criminal jurisdiction, this is only one factor to consider when assessing Rogers ' second prong.”
State v. Sanders, 824 S.E.2d 212 (N.C. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 14× “Because the trial court had the statutory authority under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-8 to order the restitution in this case be docketed as civil judgments, Defendant's argument is meritless.”
State v. Crew (N.C. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 6× “Batchelor, the Court held that although “the offense for which [the defendant] was convicted, larceny, is not one to which the VRA applies,” a separate statute, “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-8 grants the trial court authority to award restitution where a defendant is convicted of…”
State v. Crew (N.C. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 6× “Batchelor, the Court held that although “the offense for which [the defendant] was convicted, larceny, is not one to which the VRA applies,” a separate statute, “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-8 grants the trial court authority to award restitution where a defendant is convicted of…”
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