{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15-176.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-176.3","heading":"Informing and questioning potential jurors on consequences of guilty verdict.","body":"When a jury is being selected for a case in which the defendant is indicted for a crime for which the penalty is a sentence of death, the court, the defense, or the State may inform any person called to serve as a potential juror that the death penalty will be imposed upon the return of a verdict of guilty of that crime and may inquire of any person called to serve as a potential juror whether that person understands the consequences of a verdict of guilty of that crime. (1973, c. 1286, s. 12.)","path":["Chapter 15. Criminal Procedure.","Article 17A. Informing Jury in Case Involving Death Penalty."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15/GS_15-176.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:37Z","sha256":"8c526fd04900bb7f456986aeb44c03d65bf9ae04792a82442b06a0b0dec811b5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15-176.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15-176.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}