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O.C.G.A. § 15-12-1 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Array’’ means the body of persons subject to voir dire from which the final jury and alternate jurors are selected. (2) ‘‘Choose’’ or ‘‘chosen’’ means the act of randomly selecting potential jurors from the county master jury list in a man…
O.C.G.A. § 15-12-1.1 Exemptions from jury duty
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(a)(1) Any person who shows that he or she will be engaged during his or her term of jury duty as a trial or grand juror in work necessary to the public health, safety, or good order or who shows other good cause why he or she should be exempt from jury duty may have his or her j…
O.C.G.A. § 15-12-10 Juror’s failure to appear or unauthorized absence; contempt
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If any person is duly summoned to appear as a trial or grand juror at court and neglects or refuses to appear, or if any juror absents himself or herself without leave of the court, such neglect, refusal, or absence may, after notice and hearing, be punished as contempt of court.…
O.C.G.A. § 15-12-11 Appointment of jury clerk and other personnel; trial or grand juror questionnaires; construction with other laws
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(a) In all counties having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census, the judges of the superior court of such counties, by a majority vote of all of them, shall have the power to appoint a jury clerk and suc…