NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 230

SENATE BILL 210

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HAD PLED GUILTY TO A FELONY SHALL NOT BE QUALIFIED TO SERVE ON A JURY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 9-3 is amended by inserting in the fifth line thereof between the words "pleaded" and "nolo" the words "guilty or".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 9-3 is further amended in line 6 thereof following the word "felony" and before the comma by adding the words "(or if convicted of a felony or having pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to an indictment charging a felony have had their citizenship restored pursuant to law)".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1973.