GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 115
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/22/93

Short Title:  Note Taking By Jurors.	(Public)
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February 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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.  "
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to trials begun on or after that date.