NCJ Number
154448
Editor(s)
J L Sanders
Date Published
1995
Length
172 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes legislation enacted by the 1994 North Carolina General Assembly; two categories of legislation addressed are courts and civil procedure, along with criminal law and procedure and sentencing.
Abstract
Legislation that pertains to courts and civil procedure addresses appropriations; indigent defense; juvenile issues; civil procedure; and legislative matters of particular interest to judges, magistrates, and clerks. Legislation that affects criminal law and procedures, as well as sentencing was enacted both during the regular session, held from May 23, 1994, to July 17, 1994, and during the extra session held from February 8, 1994, to March 26, 1994. Legislation enacted during the regular session included a new statute that describes when deadly force may be used against an intruder into a home or other place of residence; company police and campus police officers were added to legislation that enhances penalties for assaults on particular classes of personnel. Other criminal justice legislation enacted in the regular session involved changes in computer-related offenses, additional conditions for pretrial release of defendants charged with sex offenses and violent crimes against child victims, the use of Federal officers to enforce State laws, minors and handguns, and an amendment to the Structured Sentencing Act. Legislation enacted during the extra session addressed various firearms offenses, a new violent habitual felon law, the use of juvenile records in adult trials and sentencing, and the requirement of victim information for an offender committed to prison. Changes were also enacted in the Structured Sentencing Act.