Procedimientos de identificación sin testimonio en Carolina del Norte

Explicación Simple

Si la policía necesita hacer una prueba para identificar a alguien, no pueden usar fuerza innecesaria. Además, la persona tiene derecho a que su abogado esté presente durante el proceso.

Es como cuando vas al médico para un examen, y el doctor necesita hacerte pruebas. Tienes derecho a que alguien te acompañe y a que el médico no te cause dolor sin razón.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es llamado por la policía para un procedimiento de identificación porque lo confunden con un sospechoso. Aunque la policía le pide que se haga una prueba de ADN, Juan tiene derecho a que su abogado lo acompañe y no puede estar detenido más de seis horas sin ser arrestado.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

§ 15A-279. Implementation of order. (a) Nontestimonial identification procedures may be conducted by any law-enforcement officer or other person designated by the judge issuing the order. The extraction of any bodily fluid must be conducted by a qualified member of the health professions and the judge may require medical supervision for any other test ordered pursuant to this Article when he considers such supervision necessary. (b) In conducting authorized identification procedures, no unreasonable or unnecessary force may be used. (c) No person who appears under an order of appearance issued under this Article may be detained longer than is reasonably necessary to conduct the specified nontestimonial identification procedures, and in no event for longer than six hours, unless he is arrested for an offense. (d) Any such person is entitled to have counsel present and must be advised prior to being subjected to any nontestimonial identification procedures of his right to have counsel present during any nontestimonial identification procedure and to the appointment of counsel if he cannot afford to retain counsel. Appointment of counsel shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. No statement made during nontestimonial identification procedures by the subject of the procedures shall be admissible in any criminal proceeding against him, unless his counsel was present at the time the statement was made.