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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1232 (2026)
Jury instructions; explanation of law; opinion prohibited
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In instructing the jury, the judge shall not express an opinion as to whether or not a fact has been proved and shall not be required to state, summarize or recapitulate the evidence, or to explain the application of the law to the evidence. (1977, c. 711, s. 1; 1985, c. 537, s. 1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 240
cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: State v. Gladden, 340 S.E.2d 673 (N.C. 1986).
State v. Gladden, 340 S.E.2d 673 (N.C. 1986). “N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 was recently amended so as to no longer require trial judges to state, summarize, or recapitulate the evidence or to explain the application of the law to the evidence.”
State v. Artis, 384 S.E.2d 470 (N.C. 1989). “If you believe that such earlier statement was made and that it does conflict with the testimony of the witness at this trial, then you may consider this together with all other facts and circumstances bearing upon the witness' truthfulness in deciding whether you will believe…”
State v. Ashe, 331 S.E.2d 652 (N.C. 1985). “The same prohibition against expression of opinion by the trial court is now contained in present N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232.”
State v. Johnson, 346 S.E.2d 596 (N.C. 1986). “” Even assuming arguendo that the trial court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s objection, defendant has completely failed to show that a different result would have been reached in the absence of this alleged error.”
State v. Oliver, 307 S.E.2d 304 (N.C. 1983). “Our review is therefore limited to plain error. The trial court "is not required to state the evidence except to the extent necessary to explain the application of the law to the evidence.”
State v. Anthony, 555 S.E.2d 557 (N.C. 2001). “Similarly, section 15A-1232 of the North Carolina General Statutes requires that “[i]n instructing the jury, the judge shall not express an opinion as to whether or not a fact has been proved and shall not be required to state, summarize or recapitulate the evidence, or to…”
State v. Blue, 565 S.E.2d 133 (N.C. 2002). “” N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 (2001). We note that when N.”
State v. Bacon, 446 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 1994). “N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 (1988); State v. Adcox, 303 N.”
State v. Paige, 343 S.E.2d 848 (N.C. 1986). “We have reviewed the record and find that in each instance the trial judge was correct in his determination that the question posed amounted to needless repetition and that the trial judge’s actions did not amount to an abuse of his discretion in exercising control over the…”
State v. Quick, 405 S.E.2d 179 (N.C. 1991). “2d 128, 130 (1971); N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 (1988). As discussed above, the record indicates that each of the State's challenges for cause based on a juror's beliefs regarding the death penalty was proper, even absent inquiry by the trial court.”
State v. Bogle, 376 S.E.2d 745 (N.C. 1989). “§ 15A-1231 and N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 to instruct the jury on the law arising on the evidence.”
State v. Robinson, 409 S.E.2d 288 (N.C. 1991). “" Defendant contends that N.C.G.S. § 15A-1232 requires a trial court to submit "the different permissible verdicts arising on the evidence .”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1232(a) — 1 case
State v. Huffstetler, 322 S.E.2d 110 (N.C. 1984).
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