Same jurors in both civil and criminal actions.

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The jurors duly drawn and summoned for the trial of civil actions may also be the jurors for the trial of criminal actions. In any district court where an electronic jury management system is implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act, jurors may be selected and summoned utilizing the automated functionality provided in the jury management system. Whenever the court utilizes the approved jury management system to randomly select and sequentially order juror names during any step in the jury selection process, the laws relating to the use of a jury wheel, and laws requiring paper ballots drawn from a jury wheel or a shaken box, shall not apply, including but not limited to those requirements set forth in Sections 301 through 363 and Sections 591 through 693 of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 5825. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 242, § 3, emerg. eff. May 4, 2015.


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