NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016. Art. 413. Method of impaneling of grand jury; selection of foreman A. The grand jury shall consist of twelve persons plus no fewer than two nor more than four alternates qualified to serve as jurors, […]
NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016. Art. 414. Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service A. A grand jury shall be impaneled twice a year in each parish, except in the parish of Cameron in which at least one grand […]
Art. 415. Method of filling vacancies on grand jury A. When a vacancy occurs on a grand jury, the court shall fill the vacancy by administering the oath to and seating the first alternate if he is still legally qualified and available, or if he is not, by administering the oath to and seating the […]
Art. 415.1. Selection of additional grand juries Upon the request of the district attorney, the court shall order one or more additional grand juries to be impaneled. Such additional grand juries shall be selected in the same manner and have the same qualifications, duties, powers, and responsibilities, and be subject to the same provisions of […]
Art. 415.2. Duration of additional grand juries; extension of impanelment Grand juries impaneled in accordance with Article 415.1 shall remain impaneled for a period not to exceed one year unless discharged sooner by the court upon motion of the district attorney. Provided, however, that prior to the discharge of a grand jury by the court, […]
Art. 416. Drawing petit jury venire in parishes other than Orleans; term of service A. Upon order of court the jury commission in parishes other than Orleans shall draw a petit jury venire. The commission shall draw indiscriminately and by lot thirty name slips from the general venire box, unless directed by the court order […]
Art. 416.1. One-step qualification/summoning A. In parishes other than Orleans, at the election of the judges of the judicial district in which the parish lies, the qualification questionnaire, subpoena, and return envelope for each person who may be selected for the petit jury venire shall be prepared by the clerk and delivered in the same […]
Art. 417. Proces verbal; summoning of petit jurors; parishes other than Orleans A. In parishes other than Orleans, the clerk of court shall make a proces verbal of the selection of the general venire and of the drawing of the grand jury venire and of the petit jury venire. It shall be certified to by […]
Art. 418. Drawing petit jury venire in Orleans parish; number chosen; term of service; petit jury venire list A. In Orleans Parish upon order of the court the jury commission shall draw a petit jury venire. B. The jury commission shall draw indiscriminately and by lot as many name slips from the general venire box […]
Art. 419. Challenge of venire not permitted except for fraud or irreparable injury or systematic exclusion based on race A. A general venire, grand jury venire, or petit jury venire shall not be set aside for any reason unless fraud has been practiced, some great wrong committed that would work irreparable injury to the defendant, […]
NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016. Art. 800. Objection to ruling on challenge for cause A. A defendant may not assign as error a ruling refusing to sustain a challenge for cause made by him, unless an objection thereto is made […]
