{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1216","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1216","heading":"Impaneling jury.","body":"After all jurors, including alternate jurors, have been selected, the clerk impanels the jury by instructing them as follows: \"Members of the jury, you have been sworn and are now impaneled to try the issue in the case of State of North Carolina versus ________. You will sit together, hear the evidence, and render your verdict accordingly.\" (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-1216.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"3f64e26535a2c4816766814de4076c5d5425e69237a51dd0b9ca1cdf44133cad","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1215","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}