GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 844

Short Title:  Calendaring Arraignments/Superior Ct.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws

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April 26, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW OPTIONAL CALENDARING OF ARRAIGNMENT IN SUPERIOR COURT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-943 is repealed.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-944 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A-944. Arraignment in superior court – Optional calendaring.
Arraignment may be scheduled on an arraignment calendar in the discretion of the district attorney before trial is scheduled.  If arraignment is not accomplished before trial and no waiver has been filed under G.S. 15A-945, the prosecutor may arraign the defendant with the defendant's consent on the day the defendant's trial begins. The defendant may also actually or constructively waive arraignment at trial."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon ratification.