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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-66.1. Insufficient number of persons to complete panel of grand jurors.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-66.1. Insufficient number of persons to complete panel of grand jurors.

When from challenge or from any other cause there are not a sufficient number of persons in attendance to complete the empaneling of grand jurors, the presiding judge shall order the clerk to choose at random from the names of persons summoned as trial jurors a sufficient number of prospective grand jurors necessary to complete the grand jury. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed as barring the court from taking any action against a person who has been summoned to appear as a juror as provided in Code Section 15-12-10.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-12-66.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-35/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 13/HB 1078.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2011, p.59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’’’

## Other Notes

The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: ‘‘On and after July 1, 2012, when from challenge or from any other cause there are not a sufficient number of persons in attendance to complete the panel of jurors, the clerk shall choose prospective trial jurors from the county master jury list and summon the jurors so chosen.’’