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STATE v. BATES

No. 145A91-3.

497 S.E.2d 276 (1998)

348 N.C. 29

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Earl BATES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Barry S. McNeill, Special Deputy Attorney General, Greensboro, for the State-appellant.

Walter K. Burton and David K. Williams, Jr., for defendant-appellee.

FRYE, Justice.

On 21 June 1996, the General Assembly ratified "An Act to Expedite the Postconviction Process in North Carolina." Ch. 719, 1995 N.C. Sess. Laws 389, 397. Among other things, the Act amended N.C.G.S. § 15A-1415 to add this new subsection:

(f) In the case of a defendant who has been convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death, the defendant's prior trial or appellate counsel shall make available to the capital defendant's counsel...

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