Formación y organización de jurados de gran jurados en Carolina del Norte

Explicación Simple

En Carolina del Norte, se eligen jurados especiales llamados 'gran jurados' para investigar crímenes. Un juez decide quiénes son los jurados y los agrupa en dos grupos que sirven en diferentes momentos. Esto ayuda a que el sistema judicial funcione de manera ordenada.

Es como un equipo de fútbol donde el entrenador elige a los jugadores para diferentes partidos. Algunos jugarán primero y otros después, asegurando que siempre haya un equipo listo para jugar.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en el condado de Raleigh se necesita un gran jurado para investigar un caso de robo. El juez selecciona 18 nombres de una bolsa, y los primeros 9 comenzarán a trabajar hasta que se celebren las próximas audiencias, mientras que los otros 9 lo harán más tarde.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

§ 15A-622. Formation and organization of grand juries; other preliminary matters. (a) The mode of selecting grand jurors and of drawing and impaneling grand jurors is governed by this Article and Chapter 9 of the General Statutes, Jurors. Challenges to the panel from which grand jurors were drawn are governed by the procedure in G.S. 15A-1211. (b) To impanel a new grand jury, the presiding judge must direct that the names of all persons returned as jurors be separately placed in a container. The clerk must draw out the names of 18 persons to serve as grand jurors. Of these 18, the first nine drawn serve until the first session of court at which criminal cases are heard held in the county after the following January 1, and thereafter until their replacements are selected and sworn. The next nine serve until the first session of court at which criminal cases are heard held in the county after the following July 1, and thereafter until their replacements are selected and sworn. If this formula results in any term likely to be shorter than two months or longer than 15 months, the presiding judge impaneling the grand jury may modify the terms. Thereafter, beginning with the first session of superior court at which criminal cases are heard held in the county following January 1 and July 1 of each year, nine new grand jurors must be selected in the manner provided above to replace the jurors whose terms have expired.