§ 15-176.4 – Instruction to jury on consequences of guilty verdict.
15-176.4. Instruction to jury on consequences of guilty verdict. When a defendant is indicted for a crime for which the penalty is a sentence of death, the court, upon request by either party, shall instruct the jury that the death penalty will be imposed upon the return of a verdict of guilty of that crime. […]
§ 15-196.4 – Procedures for judicial award.
15-196.4. Procedures for judicial award. Upon sentencing or activating a sentence, the judge presiding shall determine the credits to which the defendant is entitled and shall cause the clerk to transmit to the custodian of the defendant a statement of allowable credits. Upon committing a defendant upon the conclusion of an appeal, or a parole, […]
§ 15-176.5 – Argument to jury on consequences of guilty verdict.
15-176.5. Argument to jury on consequences of guilty verdict. When a case will be submitted to a jury on a charge for which the penalty is a sentence of death, either party in its argument to the jury may indicate the consequences of a verdict of guilty of that charge. (1973, c. 1286, s. 12.)
§ 15-203 – Duties of the Secretary of Public Safety; appointment of probation officers; reports; requests for extradition.
15-203. Duties of the Secretary of Public Safety; appointment of probation officers; reports; requests for extradition. The Secretary of Public Safety, or the Secretary’s designee, shall direct the work of the probation officers appointed under this Article. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Public Safety shall have sole discretion to establish the […]
§ 15-176.9 – Loss of motor vehicle driver's license.
15-176.9. Loss of motor vehicle driver’s license. When a case will be submitted to a jury on a charge for which the penalty involves the possibility of the loss of a motor vehicle driver’s license, either party in its argument to the jury may indicate the consequences of a verdict of guilty of that charge. […]
§ 15-204 – Assignment, compensation and oath of probation officers.
15-204. Assignment, compensation and oath of probation officers. Probation officers appointed under this Article shall be assigned to serve in such courts or districts or otherwise as the Secretary of Public Safety may determine. They shall be paid annual salaries to be fixed by the Department of Public Safety, and shall also be paid traveling […]
§ 15-187 – Death by administration of lethal drugs.
15-187. Death by administration of lethal drugs. Death by electrocution under sentence of law and death by the administration of lethal gas under sentence of law are abolished. Any person convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to death shall be executed in accordance with G.S. 15-188 and the remainder of this Article. The warden […]
§ 15-188 – Manner and place of execution[Effective until January 1, 2023]
15-188. Manner and place of execution. [Effective until January 1, 2023] In accordance with G.S. 15-187, the mode of executing a death sentence must in every case be by administering to the convict or felon an intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death and until the person […]
§ 15-188.1 – Health care professional assistance.
15-188.1. Health care professional assistance. (a) Any assistance rendered with an execution under this Article by any licensed health care professional, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, shall not be cause for any disciplinary or corrective measures by any board, commission, or other authority created by the State or governed by State […]
§ 15-189 – Sentence of death; prisoner taken to penitentiary.
15-189. Sentence of death; prisoner taken to penitentiary. Upon the sentence of death being pronounced against any person in the State of North Carolina convicted of a crime punishable by death, it shall be the duty of the judge pronouncing such death sentence to make the same in writing, which shall be filed in the […]