GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1065

Short Title:  Amend Impeachment Evidence Rule.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AMENDING THE EVIDENCE CODE, CHAPTER 8C OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, TO MAKE ADMISSIBLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE OF A WITNESS' CONVICTION OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY SIXTY DAYS OF CONFINEMENT OR MORE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 8C-1, Rule 609(a) of the Evidence Code, reads as rewritten:
"(a)	General rule. – For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that the witness has been convicted of a crime punishable by confinement of 60 days or more shall be admitted if elicited from the witness or established by public record during cross-examination or thereafter."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1999; and, consistent with G.S. 8C-1, Rule 1101(a), shall apply to all actions and proceedings in the courts of this State.