{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1211","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1211","heading":"Selection procedure generally; role of judge; challenge to the panel; authority of judge to excuse jurors.","body":"(a)\tThe provisions of Chapter 9 of the General Statutes, Jurors, pertinent to criminal cases apply except when this Chapter specifically provides a different procedure.\n(b)\tThe trial judge must decide all challenges to the panel and all questions concerning the competency of jurors.\n(c)\tThe State or the defendant may challenge the jury panel. A challenge to the panel:\n(1)\tMay be made only on the ground that the jurors were not selected or drawn according to law.\n(2)\tMust be in writing.\n(3)\tMust specify the facts constituting the ground of challenge.\n(4)\tMust be made and decided before any juror is examined.\nIf a challenge to the panel is sustained, the judge must discharge the panel.\n(d)\tThe judge may excuse a juror without challenge by any party if he determines that grounds for challenge for cause are present. (1977, c. 711, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER XII. TRIAL PROCEDURE IN SUPERIOR COURT.","Article 72. Selecting and Impaneling the Jury."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-1211.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"99a8129a08b7eaa9eb2ed0c95719b97cb224f90a2e9d897df0cfe6289a24b296","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1202-through-15a-1210","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}