2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 15-176.3. Informing and questioning potential jurors on consequences of guilty verdict.
Article 17A.
Informing Jury in Case Involving Death Penalty.
§ 15‑176.3. Informing and questioning potential jurors on consequences of guilty verdict.
When a jury is being selected for a case in which the defendant is indicted for a crime for which the penalty is a sentence of death, the court, the defense, or the State may inform any person called to serve as a potential juror that the death penalty will be imposed upon the return of a verdict of guilty of that crime and may inquire of any person called to serve as a potential juror whether that person understands the consequences of a verdict of guilty of that crime. (1973, c. 1286, s. 12.)
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