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§ 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 […]

§ 15-155.3 – Disclosure of information by district attorney or agent.

15-155.3. Disclosure of information by district attorney or agent. No such district attorney, assistant district attorney, or any attorney-at-law especially appointed to assist the district attorney, or any agent or employee of the district attorney’s office shall disclose any information, record, report, case history or any memorandum or document or any information contained therein, which […]

§ 15-166 – Exclusion of bystanders in trial for rape and sex offenses.

15-166. Exclusion of bystanders in trial for rape and sex offenses. In the trial of cases for rape or sex offense or attempt to commit rape or attempt to commit a sex offense, the trial judge may, during the taking of the testimony of the prosecutrix, exclude from the courtroom all persons except the officers […]

§ 15-167 – Extension of session of court by trial judge.

15-167. Extension of session of court by trial judge. Whenever a trial for a felony is in progress on the last Friday of any session of court and it appears to the trial judge that it is unlikely that such trial can be completed before 5:00 P.M. on such Friday, the trial judge may extend […]

§ 15-168 – Justification as defense to libel.

15-168. Justification as defense to libel. Every defendant who is charged by indictment with the publication of a libel may prove on the trial for the same the truth of the facts alleged in the indictment; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the jury that the facts are true, the defendant shall […]