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§ 16-32-201. Selection of grand jury

(a) (1) The selecting, summoning, and impaneling of a grand jury shall be as prescribed by law. (2) (A) Circuit courts to which criminal cases are assigned may call grand jurors from the jury wheel or box from which petit jurors are drawn, or the circuit judge may direct the circuit clerk to provide the […]

§ 16-32-202. Selection, summons, and composition of trial generally

(a) The jurors for the trial of criminal prosecutions shall be selected and summoned as provided by law. (b) (1) Juries shall be composed of twelve (12) jurors. (2) However, cases other than felonies may be tried by a jury of fewer than twelve (12) jurors by agreement of the parties.

§ 16-32-203. Selection for misdemeanor trial

The jury, for the trial of all prosecutions for misdemeanors, shall be selected in the following manner: (1) Each party shall have three (3) peremptory challenges, which may be made orally; and (2) (A) The court shall cause the names of twenty-four (24) competent jurors, written upon separate slips of paper, to be placed in […]