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2021 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act
Article 72 - Selecting and Impaneling the Jury.
§ 15A-1213 - Informing prospective jurors of case.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 15A-1213 (2021)
15A-1213. Informing prospective jurors of case.
Prior to selection of jurors, the judge must identify the parties and their counsel and briefly inform the prospective jurors, as to each defendant, of the charge, the date of the alleged offense, the name of any victim alleged in the pleading, the defendant's plea to the charge, and any affirmative defense of which the defendant has given pretrial notice as required by Article 52, Motions Practice. The judge may not read the pleadings to the jury.
(1977, c. 711, s. 1.)
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