Section 12-16-215 – Grand Juror, Witness, etc., Prohibited From Revealing, Disclosing, etc., a Juror’s Questions, Considerations, etc.; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, etc., by Any Means Obtain Information as to Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.
Section 12-16-215 Grand juror, witness, etc., prohibited from revealing, disclosing, etc., a juror’s questions, considerations, etc.; no person to directly, indirectly, etc., by any means obtain information as to juror’s questions, considerations, etc. No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness or grand jury reporter or stenographer shall willfully at any […]
Section 12-16-80 – Objections Which May Be Taken to Venire of Jurors.
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 12-16-151 – Challenges of Jurors for Cause – Manner of Proof.
Section 12-16-151 Challenges of jurors for cause – Manner of proof. Of the causes of challenge specified in Section 12-16-150, the first four may be proved by the oath of the person summoned or by other evidence, the fifth and sixth by other testimony only, the seventh by the oath of the person alone and […]
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.
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 12-16-152 – Challenges of Jurors for Cause – Additional Grounds for Challenge by State in Certain Cases.
Section 12-16-152 Challenges of jurors for cause – Additional grounds for challenge by state in certain cases. On the trial for any offense which may be punished capitally or by imprisonment in the penitentiary, it is a good cause of challenge by the state that the person would refuse to impose the death penalty regardless […]
Section 12-16-82 – Effect of Failure of Person Summoned as Juror to Obey Summons.
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 12-16-170 – Petit Jurors.
Section 12-16-170 Petit jurors. The following oath shall be administered by the clerk, in the presence of the court, to each of the petit jurors: “You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will well and truly try all issues which maybe submitted to you during the present session (or […]
Section 12-16-83 – Unlawfully Placing in or Withdrawing Names From Jury Box, Destruction, etc., of Jury Box, Etc.
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 12-16-171 – Grand Jury Foreman.
Section 12-16-171 Grand jury foreman. The following oath shall be administered to the foreman of the grand jury: “You, as foreman of the grand jury of _____ county, do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that you will diligently inquire and true presentment make of all indictable offenses given you in charge, […]
Section 12-16-85 – Attempting to Influence Jury Commissioner or Other Officer Selecting, Drawing, Summoning, etc., Jurors or Juries.
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 […]