Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 12. JURIES · Article 5. TRIAL JURIES · Part 1. IN GENERAL

15-12-141. Jury deliberation rooms; furnishing food and beverages.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

The governing authority of each county shall provide facilities for the impaneling of juries and for their deliberations. Jury deliberation rooms shall ensure the privacy of the jurors and include space, furnishings, and facilities conducive to reaching a fair verdict. The deliberation rooms shall be safe and secure. To the extent feasible, juror facilities shall be arranged to minimize contact between jurors and parties, counsel, and the public. While the jury is deliberating, the presiding judge may direct them to be furnished with such food and nonalcoholic beverages as the judge shall think proper.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1831, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 554; Ga. L. 1859, p. 52, § 1; Code 1863, § 3851; Code 1868, § 3871; Code 1873, § 3947; Code 1882, § 3947; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 43, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 879; Penal Code 1910, § 884; Code 1933, § 59-718; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 10.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, ‘‘impaneling’’ was substituted for ‘‘empaneling’’ in the first sentence.

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Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 133 to 134; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.