NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 100.15
INSTRUCTIONS RE CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES IN COURTROOM.
NOTE WELL: For additional information regarding
cameras and microphones in the courtroom see Chapter
22 of the North Carolina Trial Judges Bench Book as
well as Rule 15 of the General Rules of Practice for the
Superior and District Courts.
Before I speak to you concerning jury selection, I wish to mention
the matter of possible news media coverage of this trial.
You may have noticed T.V. or camera equipment in the courthouse.
Media coverage of jurors is expressly prohibited at any portion of the
proceeding, including that portion in which a jury is selected. The
cameramen and the photographers are not permitted to take pictures of
you.
Therefore, you should not even consider whether this trial, or a
portion of it, will be covered by the media by any of the means I have
mentioned. It will not affect you personally, or the trial, so I urge you to
put that matter out of your mind.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 100.15 (June 2008). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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