GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 679
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-27(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) From a judgement of a superior court which
includes a sentence of death or imprisonment for life, unless the judgement was
based on a plea of guilty or nolo contendre, appeal Appeal lies of
right directly to the Supreme Court in all cases in which the defendant is
convicted of murder in the first degree and the judgment of the superior court
includes a sentence of death or imprisonment for life."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification, and applies to all judgments containing sentences of life imprisonment entered on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1987.