Title 12 — Title 12

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, immediately draw the juries for the nex…

(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 a written notice at the place of re…

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 not been previously excused or postponed. The c…

(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 in any court of this state for 24 months followin…

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 the empaneling of all …

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 judge …

of Service. (a) Upon receiving a summons to report for jury duty, any employee, on the next day he or she is engaged in his or her employment, shall exhibit the summons to his or her immediate superior, and the employee shall thereupon be excused from his or her employment for th…

(a) No employer in this state may discharge any employee or subject any employee to an adverse employment action solely because he or she serves on any jury empanelled under any state or federal statute; provided, however, that the employee reports for work on his or her next reg…

No objection can be taken to any venire of jurors except for fraud in drawing or summoning the jurors. History: (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8637; Code 1940, T. 30, §46.)

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 person drawn or summoned, none nor all of these ground…

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 is rendered for him or her at the time of his or her default,…

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 of any person or destroy, mutilate, conceal or rem…

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 jurie…

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 $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county …

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 such person is summoned shall, on conviction, b…

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 years. His…

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 in every case where the person is not so served, and he …

In the prosecution of any felony case the trial court in its discretion may permit the jury hearing the case to separate during the pendency of the trial. The court may at any time on its own initiative or on motion of any party, require that the jury be sequestered under the cha…

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 empane…