NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 890

HOUSE BILL 72

 

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT A SOLICITOR TO ARGUE FOR A DEATH SENTENCE IN A CAPITAL CASE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 15 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting a new Section immediately following G.S. 15‑176, to be designated as G.S. 15‑176.1, and to read as follows:

"G.S. 15‑176.1.  Solicitor may argue for death penalty. In the trial of capital cases, the solicitor or other counsel appearing for the State may argue to the jury that a sentence of death should be imposed and that the jury should not recommend life imprisonment".

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1961.