The initial question presented in whether the Clerk of Superior Court had jurisdiction to enter the order directing disbursement of the restitution funds which the defendant in this criminal proceeding had paid into court as result of a plea bargain. We hold that the Clerk did not have such jurisdiction.
Art. IV, § 12(3), of the Constitution of North Carolina contains the following:
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