NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 554

SENATE BILL 815

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 15-180.2 BY PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS MAY BE PROVIDED TO AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT PETITIONING THE APPELLATE DIVISION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15-180.2 is amended by inserting between the first and second paragraph thereof the following paragraph:

"Should a defendant, who is determined to be an indigent as provided in G.S. 7A-450, exercise his right to petition the appellate division for the issuance of a writ of certiorari, the presiding superior court judge may, in his discretion, order the preparation of the record and transcript of the proceedings. Fees for this shall be borne by the State."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1975.