VISUAL RECORD/LEO INTERROGATION OF SUSPECT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 195 (Public) Filed Thursday, February 23, 2017
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES THE ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS REQUIRED OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS MUST BE VISUAL RECORDINGS THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKE AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE INTERROGATION.
Intro. by Alexander, R. Moore.

Status: Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Judiciary III (House Action) (Feb 27 2017)
H 195

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Feb 23 2017 - View Summary

    Applicable only to cities and counties with a population of 150,000 or more, amends the definitions set forth in GS 15A-211(c) for terms used in Article 8 of GS Chapter 15A pertaining to the electronic recording of interrogations. Amends the definition of electronic recording to mean a visual recording that simultaneously makes an audio recording of the interrogation being recorded that is an authentic, accurate, unaltered record (currently, defined as an audio or visual recording as specified and directs that both a visual and audio recording should be produced simultaneously whenever feasible with a clarification that a defendant is prohibited from raising failure to do so as grounds for suppression of evidence).  Amends the definition of in its entirety to provide that the recording camera must insert the appropriate date and time stamps during the interrogation and that those dates must be displayed when the interrogation is played back. Makes conforming changes. Effective December 1, 2018, and applies to interrogations occurring on or after that date.