NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 75

HOUSE BILL 235

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 9-21(b) TO INCREASE FROM SIX TO NINE THE PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ALLOWED THE STATE IN CAPITAL CASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 9-21(b) is amended by striking the word "six" in line 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "nine."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.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 11th day of March, 1971.