NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 565

SENATE BILL 653

 

 

AN ACT TO ADD AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE FOR CONSIDERATION IN CAPITAL CASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-2000(e) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(11)    The murder for which the defendant stands convicted was part of a course of conduct in which the defendant engaged and which included the commission by the defendant of other crimes of violence against another person or persons."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply to all offenses committed after the date of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1979.