§ 15A-1216 — Impaneling jury

North Carolina § 15A-1216

• Jurisdiction: North Carolina
• Ch. 15A: Criminal Procedure Act
• Art. 72: Selecting and Impaneling the Jury
• Subch. XII: TRIAL PROCEDURE IN SUPERIOR COURT

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After all jurors, including alternate jurors, have been selected, the clerk impanels the jury by instructing them as follows: "Members of the jury, you have been sworn and are now impaneled to try the issue in the case of State of North Carolina versus ________. You will sit together, hear the evidence, and render your verdict accordingly." (1977, c. 711, s. 1.)