Whenever a term of court is not held because of the nonattendance of the judge or for some other cause, the jurors summoned for such term of court shall serve at the next succeeding term.
History. Laws 1805, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 550.; Code 1863, § 3848; Code 1868, § 3868; Code 1873, § 3945; Code 1882, § 3945; Penal Code 1895, § 875; Penal Code 1910, § 880; Code 1933, § 59-119.
Law reviews.
For annual survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 359 (1998).
Structure Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-12-1.1. Exemptions From Jury Duty
§ 15-12-2. Legislators Excused
§ 15-12-3. Term of Service on Jury
§ 15-12-4. Eligibility of Person to Serve as a Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-5. Service at Next Term When Term Not Held
§ 15-12-6. Fees of Special Criminal Bailiffs
§ 15-12-7. Compensation of Court Bailiffs and Expense Allowance for Trial or Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-8. Expense Allowance When No Grand Jury Impaneled
§ 15-12-9. Expense Allowance of Persons Who Appear but Are Not Sworn as Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-10. Juror’s Failure to Appear or Unauthorized Absence; Contempt