{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1236","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1236","heading":"Admonitions to jurors; regulation and separation of jurors.","body":"(a)\tThe judge at appropriate times must admonish the jurors that it is their duty:\n(1)\tNot to talk among themselves about the case except in the jury room after their deliberations have begun;\n(2)\tNot to talk to anyone else, or to allow anyone else to talk with them or in their presence about the case and that they must report to the judge immediately the attempt of anyone to communicate with them about the case;\n(3)\tNot to form an opinion about the guilt or innocence of the defendant, or express any opinion about the case until they begin their deliberations;\n(4)\tTo avoid reading, watching, or listening to accounts of the trial; and\n(5)\tNot to talk during trial to parties, witnesses, or counsel.\nThe judge may also admonish them with respect to other matters which he considers appropriate.\n(b)\tThe judge in his discretion may direct that the jurors be sequestered.\n(c)\tIf the jurors are committed to the charge of an officer, he must be sworn by the clerk to keep the jurors together and not to permit any person to speak or otherwise communicate with them on any subject connected with the trial nor to do so himself, and to return the jurors to the courtroom as directed by the judge. (1977, c. 711, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1147, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER XII. TRIAL PROCEDURE IN SUPERIOR COURT.","Article 73. Criminal Jury Trial in Superior Court."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-1236.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"1d74e7b1904da757476237bce213802ea7a178e1aaa4c09a2800837e7b338409","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1235","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1237"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}