Section 12-16-70 Names of prospective jurors provided from master jury list; preparation of list; summons. When jurors, grand or petit, are needed for court, the judge, or where there are more than one, then any one of the judges of the court, shall at a time within his or her discretion, but at least 20 […]
Section 12-16-72 When juries for next session of court drawn by presiding judge. If for any reason the judge of the court fails to draw the juries as required in Section 12-16-70 before the 20 days mentioned therein, the clerk of such court shall notify the presiding judge and he shall, upon receiving such notification, […]
Section 12-16-73 Execution and return of order to summon jurors by sheriff. (a) Every order to summon jurors, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be executed by the sheriff by either of the following methods at the election of the sheriff: (1) By giving personal notice to every such person or by leaving […]
Section 12-16-74 Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service as jurors and whose service has […]
Section 12-16-75 Duration of service; summons for subsequent service. (a) Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge. (b) A juror who has served on a petit jury in this state shall not be summoned to serve again as a petit juror […]
Section 12-16-76 Insufficient number of qualified jurors to form juries. Whenever there are not enough qualified jurors in attendance upon the court to form the juries required, the judge of the court shall cause to be provided from the master jury list names of as many prospective jurors as the judge deems necessary to complete […]
Section 12-16-78 Drawing of names from jury box for juries in probate court; summoning and drawing of jurors; certification to jury commission of names of persons disqualified, exempt and empaneled. Whenever a jury is required to try any issue in a probate court of the county, other than inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness, the probate […]
Section 12-16-80 Objections which may be taken to venire of jurors. No objection can be taken to any venire of jurors except for fraud in drawing or summoning the jurors. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8637; Code 1940, T. 30, §46.)
Section 12-16-81 Failure of sheriff to summon juror drawn, failure of juror summoned to attend trial, etc., not grounds for quashing venire or continuing case. If the sheriff fails to summon any jurors drawn or any person summoned fails or refuses to attend the trial or there is any mistake in the name of any […]
Section 12-16-82 Effect of failure of person summoned as juror to obey summons. If any person summoned as a grand or petit juror shall fail to obey such summons without good excuse, to be determined by the court, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of court; and, if no sufficient excuse […]
Section 12-16-83 Unlawfully placing in or withdrawing names from jury box, destruction, etc., of jury box, etc. Any person who shall unlawfully place in or withdraw from the jury box any name or names of persons or destroy, conceal or remove such jury box or place on or erase from the jury roll the name […]
Section 12-16-85 Attempting to influence jury commissioner or other officer selecting, drawing, summoning, etc., jurors or juries. Any person who attempts, otherwise than by bribery, to influence any jury commissioner or any other officer charged with the execution of any duty concerning the selecting, drawing, summoning, empaneling or organizing of jurors or juries shall, on […]
Section 12-16-86 Performance of act with intent to affect fair drawing of jury by probate judge, jury commissioner, county commissioner, etc. Any person who does an act calculated to affect the fair drawing of a jury and with intent to affect the same shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than […]
Section 12-16-87 Summoning of persons for jury by sheriff, etc., with intent to produce result favorable to party in action before court. Any sheriff or other officer having a discretion in summoning jurors who summons any person with intent to produce a result favorable to any party having a case in the court in which […]
Section 12-16-88 Connivance by sheriff at commission by constable, deputy, etc., of offense prohibited by Section 12-16-87. Any sheriff who connives at the commission of the offense prohibited by Section 12-16-87 by any constable, bailiff or deputy sheriff shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five […]
Section 12-16-89 Negligent failure of sheriff or deputy to summon juror. If the sheriff or any deputy shall negligently fail to summon any person to serve as a juror whom he is commanded to summon, he shall be held and deemed guilty of a contempt of court and shall be fined not more than $100.00 […]
Section 12-16-90 Provisions of article as to selection, drawing, summoning, etc., of jurors directory; powers, etc., of jurors selected, drawn, summoned, etc., under article. (a) The provisions of this article as to the selection, drawing, summoning or empaneling of jurors are directory merely and not mandatory. (b) The jurors selected, drawn, summoned and empaneled under […]
