GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
S D
SENATE DRS65001-LU-28 (02/09)
Short Title: Allow Juvenile Record/Risk Determination/Bond. |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Clodfelter. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow a juvenile record to be considered in making the risk determination for establishing a bond under the laws pertaining to the juvenile code.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7B-3000(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, if the defendant in a criminal proceeding involving
a Class A1 misdemeanor or a felony was less than 21 years of age at the time of
the offense, information obtained pursuant to subsection (b) of this section
regarding the juvenile's record of an adjudication of delinquency for an offense
that would be a Class A1 misdemeanor or a felony if committed by an adult,
where the adjudication occurred 18 months or less before the defendant reached
16 years of age or the adjudication occurred after the defendant reached 16
years of age,adult may be used by law enforcement, the magistrate,
the courts, and the prosecutor for pretrial release, plea negotiating
decisions, and plea acceptance decisions. Information obtained regarding any
juvenile record shall remain confidential and shall not be placed in any public
record."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.