§ 14-444 – Intoxicated and disruptive in public.
14-444. Intoxicated and disruptive in public. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person in a public place to be intoxicated and disruptive in any of the following ways: (1) Blocking or otherwise interfering with traffic on a highway or public vehicular area, or (2) Blocking or lying across or otherwise preventing or interfering with […]
§ 14-445 – Defense of alcoholism.
14-445. Defense of alcoholism. (a) It is a defense to a charge of being intoxicated and disruptive in a public place that the defendant suffers from alcoholism. (b) The presiding judge at the trial of a defendant charged with being intoxicated and disruptive in public shall consider the defense of alcoholism even though the defendant […]
§ 14-446 – Disposition of defendant acquitted because of alcoholism.
14-446. Disposition of defendant acquitted because of alcoholism. If a defendant is found not guilty of being intoxicated and disruptive in a public place because he suffers from alcoholism, the court in which he was tried may retain jurisdiction over him for up to 15 days to determine whether he is a substance abuser and […]
§ 14-447 – No prosecution for public intoxication.
14-447. No prosecution for public intoxication. (a) No person may be prosecuted solely for being intoxicated in a public place. A person who is intoxicated in a public place and is not disruptive may be assisted as provided in G.S. 122C-301. (b) If, after arresting a person for being intoxicated and disruptive in a public […]
§ 14-443 – Definitions.
14-443. Definitions. As used in this Article: (1) "Alcoholism" is the state of a person who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of alcoholic beverages, or uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that his health is substantially impaired or endangered or his social or economic function is substantially disrupted; and (2) "Intoxicated" is the […]