North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act § 15A-1216. Impaneling jury

After all jurors, including alternate jurors, have been selected, the clerk impanels the jury by instructing them as follows: “Members of the jury, you have been sworn and are now impaneled to try the issue in the case of State of North Carolina versus __________. You will sit together, hear the evidence, and render your verdict accordingly.”