GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 670

Short Title:  Expedite Death Penalty Cases.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Eddins.

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Referred to:  Judiciary III.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUEST THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT RULES TO EXPEDITE APPEALS FROM CAPITAL CASES THAT INCLUDE A SENTENCE OF DEATH.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly requests the North Carolina Supreme Court to consider and adopt rules to expedite appeals from all cases in which the defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree and the judgment of the superior court includes a sentence of death.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.