North Carolina General Statutes 14-227.2. Secret listening to deliberations of grand or petit jury
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It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to overhear, or procure any other person to overhear, or attempt to overhear the investigations and deliberations of, or the taking of votes by, a grand jury or a petit jury in a criminal case, by using any electronic amplifying, transmitting, or recording device, or by any similar or other mechanical or electrical device or arrangement, without the consent or knowledge of said grand jury or petit jury. (1967, c. 187,? s. 1.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 14-227.2
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.