GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-79
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 8C-1, Rule 609(a) of the Evidence Code, reads as rewritten:
"(a) General rule. - For
the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he the
witness has been convicted of a crime punishable by more than 60 days
confinement felony, or of a Class A1, Class 1, or Class 2 misdemeanor, shall
be admitted if elicited from him the witness or established by
public record during cross-examination or thereafter."
Section 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 1999; and, consistent with G.S. 8C-1, Rule 1101(a), shall apply to all actions and proceedings in the courts of this State.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of May, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 3:57 p.m. this 21st day of May, 1999