§ 13-5-97. Certain jury records exempt from public access requirements
Records in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, which are developed among juries concerning judicial decisions, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
§ 13-7-1. Short title; citation of state grand juries
This chapter may be cited as the “State Grand Jury Act,” and any state grand jury which may be convened as provided herein shall be known as “State Grand Jury of Mississippi.”
§ 13-7-3. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter: The phrase “Attorney General or his designee” also includes: The Attorney General or his designees; The Attorney General and his designee or designees. The term “impaneling judge” means any senior circuit court judge of any circuit court district who, upon petition by the Attorney General, impanels a state grand jury […]
§ 13-5-81. Challenge to array; quashing of venire
A challenge to the array shall not be sustained, except for fraud, nor shall any venire facias, except a special venire facias in a criminal case, be quashed for any cause whatever.
§ 13-5-61. Grand jury not to disclose secrets of jury-room
A grand juror, except when called as a witness in court, shall not disclose any proceeding or action had by the grand jury in relation to offenses brought before it, within six (6) months after final adjournment of the grand jury upon which he served, nor shall any grand juror disclose the name or testimony […]
§ 13-5-63. Witnesses before grand jury may be subpoenaed and sworn
The foreman of the grand jury shall have power to order subpoenas for all witnesses desired to be produced, and he shall also have power to swear all witnesses. A record shall be kept by the foreman and returned to court, certified and signed by the foreman, of the names of all witnesses sworn before […]
§ 13-5-65. Impaneling of petit juries
After the drawing of the grand jury, the remaining jurors in attendance shall be impaneled into three petit juries for the first week of court if there be a sufficient number left, and, if not, the court may direct a sufficient number for that purpose to be drawn and summoned. If there be more than […]
§ 13-5-67. Impaneling of alternate jurors
Except in cases in which jury selection and selection of alternate jurors is governed by rules promulgated by the Mississippi Supreme Court, whenever, in the opinion of a circuit judge or chancellor presiding in a case in which a jury is to be used, the trial is likely to be a protracted one, such circuit […]
§ 13-5-69. Examination of jurors by attorneys or litigants
Except in cases in which the examination of jurors is governed by rules promulgated by the Mississippi Supreme Court, the parties or their attorneys in all jury trials shall have the right to question jurors who are being impaneled with reference to challenges for cause, and for peremptory challenges, and it shall not be necessary […]
§ 13-5-71. Oath of petit jurors
Petit jurors shall be sworn in the following form: “You, and each of you, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will well and truly try all issues and execute all writs of inquiry that may be submitted to you, or left to your decision by the court, during the present term, and true verdicts […]