CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When voters go to the polls in November, they will decide whether North Carolina will join 49 other states in giving criminal defendants another option to a jury trial.
If approved, the proposed constitutional amendment would allow people charged with a felony to decide if they want a judge or a jury to hear their case.
“The issue hasn’t attracted much attention, but it would be a pretty major change in how the courts operate with a variety of possible effects, good and bad,&rdquo …