Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 7/HB 776, effective July 1, 2014.
Editor's notes.- This article was based on Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 27, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 124, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 3910a-3910c; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 101, §§ 1-2; Ga. L. 1887, p. 52, § 1; Penal Code 1895, §§ 813-814, 816, 1109; Ga. L. 1899, p. 78, § 1; Ga. L. 1901, p. 43, § 1; Penal Code 1910, §§ 813- 815, 817, 1138; Code 1933, §§ 59-101-59-105; Ga. L. 1935, p. 151, § 1; Ga. L. 1941, p. 344, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 693, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 388, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 826, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 548, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1230, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 1985, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1692, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 3; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, §§ 1-12, 1-14/HB 415; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 15/HB 942.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 8/HB 1078, purported to amend paragraph (b)(2) of Code Section 15-12-23; however, due to the earlier repeal of this Code section, this amendment has not been given effect.
ARTICLE 3 SELECTION OF JURORS
Cross references.
- Discrimination against employee for attending a judicial proceeding in response to a court order or process, § 34-1-3.
Law reviews.- For article, "Before You Accept that Friend Request or Publish that Post: Ethical Issues for Consideration in Social Media Interaction," see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 19 (Aug. 2018).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Constitutionality of jury selection system.
- There is no constitutional defect in system of selecting jurors. Mann v. Cox, 487 F. Supp. 147 (S.D. Ga. 1979).
Purpose and construction.
- Statutes for selecting jurors, drawing and summoning jurors, form no part of a system to procure an impartial jury to parties. The statutes establish a mode of distributing jury duties among persons in the respective counties, the statutes provide for rotation in jury service, the statutes prescribe the qualifications of jurors, and the time and manner of summoning the jurors, and are directory to those whose duty it is to select, draw, and summon persons for jurors. Obviously, however, a disregard of the essential and substantial provisions of the statute will have the effect of vitiating the array. Franklin v. State, 245 Ga. 141, 263 S.E.2d 666, cert. denied, 447 U.S. 930, 100 S. Ct. 3029, 65 L. Ed. 2d 1124 (1980).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 38A C.J.S., Grand Juries, § 32.
ALR.- Validity of jury selection as affected by accused's absence from conducting of procedures for selection and impaneling of final jury panel for specific case, 33 A.L.R.4th 429.