GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 498
AN ACT TO MAKE NOTE TAKING BY JURORS A DISCRETIONARY DECISION OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 15A-1228 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A-1228. Notes by the jury.
Jurors Except where the judge, on the
judge's own motion or the motion of any party, directs otherwise, jurors may
make notes and take them into the jury room during their deliberations. Upon
objection of any party, the judge, must instruct the jurors that notes may not
be taken."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to trials begun on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives