NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 205

SENATE BILL 5

AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL STATUTES CHAPTER 9, "JURORS".

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 9-2 is amended by inserting in the first sentence the words "qualified under this chapter" after the word "jurors", and by deleting in the last sentence the words "approximately three" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not less than two times and not more than three".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 9-4 is amended by insertion in the first sentence of the word "qualified" before the word "person".

Sec. 3. G.S. 9-5 is amended by rewriting the fourth sentence of the second paragraph to read as follows: "Pooling of jurors between or among concurrent sessions of various courts is authorized in the discretion of the senior regular resident superior court judge. When pooling is utilized, the senior regular resident superior court judge, after consultation with the chief district judge when a district court jury is required, shall specify the total number of jurors to be drawn for such concurrent sessions."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 9-6 is amended by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following sentence: "If required to serve subsequently, the juror shall be considered on such occasion the same as if he were a member of the panel regularly summoned for jury service at that time."

Sec. 5.  G.S. 9-6(e) is amended by inserting the words "within ten days" after the word "clerk" in line two.

Sec. 6.  G.S. 9-11 is amended by inserting at the end of subsection (a) the following: "The clerk of superior court shall furnish the register of deeds the names of those additional jurors who are so summoned and who report for jury service."

Sec. 7.  G.S. 9-21 is amended by rewriting the first two sentences of subsection (b) to read as follows: "In all capital cases the State may challenge peremptorily without cause six jurors for each defendant and no more. In all other criminal cases the State may challenge peremptorily without cause four jurors for each defendant and no more."

Sec. 8.  Partial invalidity. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 9.  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of April, 1969.