On and after July 1, 2012, whenever the session of any court of record is prolonged beyond the week or period for which jurors were electronically selected at the close of the preceding term, or where the judge anticipates that the same is about to be so prolonged, or where from any other cause the court has convened or is about to convene and there have been no jurors chosen for the same, the clerk, in the same manner prescribed for choosing prospective jurors at the close of the regular term, shall choose the names of prospective jurors and shall cause them to be summoned.
History. Code 1981, § 15-12-129.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-49/HB 415.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’
Structure Georgia Code
§ 15-12-120.1. Choosing of Trial Jurors
§ 15-12-123. Demand of Jury Panels in Civil Actions in the State Courts
§ 15-12-124.1. Insufficient Number of Persons to Complete Panel of Trial Jurors
§ 15-12-125. Demand of Jury Panels for Misdemeanor Trials
§ 15-12-129.1. Prolonged Session of Court of Record; Choosing and Summoning Prospective Jurors
§ 15-12-131. Examination of Jurors in Panels
§ 15-12-132. Oath of Jury on Voir Dire
§ 15-12-133. Right to Individual Examination of Panel; Matters of Inquiry
§ 15-12-135. Disqualification for Relationship to Interested Party
§ 15-12-136. Competency of County Residents When County Is Interested in Case
§ 15-12-137. Competency of Resident of Municipal Corporation Interested in Case
§ 15-12-137.1. Jury Service by Members of Electric Membership Corporation
§ 15-12-138. Oath of Jury Panel
§ 15-12-139. Oath in Criminal Case
§ 15-12-141. Jury Deliberation Rooms; Furnishing Food and Beverages