GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 116

Short Title:  Evidence In Jury Room w/o Parties' OK. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hackney; Bowman, Braswell, Moore, and Richardson.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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February 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE TRIAL JUDGE TO ALLOW JURORS TO TAKE EXHIBITS AND WRITINGS INTO THE JURY ROOM WITHOUT THE PARTIES' CONSENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1233(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Upon request by the jury, the judge may in his discretion permit the jury to take to the jury room exhibits and writings which have been received in evidence. If the judge permits the jury to take to the jury room requested exhibits and writings, he may have the jury take additional material or first review other evidence relating to the same issue so as not to give undue prominence to the exhibits or writings taken to the jury room. If the judge permits an exhibit to be taken to the jury room, he must, upon request, instruct the jury not to conduct any experiments with the exhibit."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to trials begun on or after that date.