[DOWNLOAD] "North Carolina V. Johnson" by Supreme Court of North Carolina # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: North Carolina V. Johnson
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 06, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Defendant first contends that the trial judge erred in construing G.S. 15A-2000 and G.S. 15A-2001 as not allowing a defendant to enter a plea of guilty on condition that his sentence be life imprisonment. We are of the opinion that the pertinent provisions of the statutes involved support the trial judge's ruling which, in effect, recognized that he had no authority to waive the requirement that a jury be impaneled to recommend punishment when a defendant enters a plea of guilty. G.S. 15A-2000(a)(2) provides in pertinent part that: "If the defendant pleads guilty, the sentencing proceeding shall be conducted before a jury impaneled for that purpose." [Emphasis added.] G.S. 15A-2001 provides: