When a defendant is indicted for a crime for which the penalty is a sentence of death, the court, upon request by either party, shall instruct the jury that the death penalty will be imposed upon the return of a verdict of guilty of that crime.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-176.4
Instruction to jury on consequences of guilty verdict
1973, c. 1286, s. 12.
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