NC 15A-1420. - NC 15A-1420.

§ 15A-1420. Motion for appropriate relief; procedure. (a) Form, Service, Filing. - (1) A motion for appropriate relief must: a. Be made in writing unless it is made: 1. In open court; 2. Before the judge who presided at trial; 3. Before the end of the session if made in superior court; and 4. Within 10 days after entry of judgment; b. State the grounds for the motion; c. Set forth the relief sought; c1. If the motion for appropriate relief is being made in superior court and is being made by an attorney, the attorney must certify in writing that there is a sound legal basis for the motion and that it is being made in good faith; and that the attorney has notified both the district attorney's office and the attorney who initially represented the defendant of the motion; and further, that th...