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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 12. JURIES · Artículo 5. TRIAL JURIES · Parte 2. JURIES IN FELONY CASES

15-12-163. Challenges for cause; hearing of evidence; when objection may be made.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    When each juror is called, he shall be presented to the accused in such a manner that he can be distinctly seen.#

  2. (b)

    The state or the accused may make any of the following objections to the juror:#

    1. (1)

      That the juror is not a citizen, resident in the county;#

    2. (2)

      That the juror is under 18 years of age;#

    3. (3)

      That the juror is incompetent to serve because of mental illness or intellectual disability, or that the juror is intoxicated;#

    4. (4)

      That the juror is so near of kin to the prosecutor, the accused, or the victim as to disqualify the juror by law from serving on the jury;#

    5. (5)

      That the juror has been convicted of a felony in a federal court or any court of a state of the United States and the juror’s civil rights have not been restored; or#

    6. (6)

      That the juror is unable to communicate in the English language.#

  3. (c)

    It shall be the duty of the court to hear immediately such evidence as is submitted in relation to the truth of these objections; the juror shall be a competent witness for this purpose. If the judge is satisfied of the truth of any objection, the juror shall be set aside for cause.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 229, § 7; Code 1863, § 4568; Code 1868, § 4588; Code 1873, § 4681; Code 1882, § 4681; Penal Code 1895, § 973; Penal Code 1910, § 999; Code 1933, § 59-804; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 11; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-15/HB 252.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Practitioner’s Note Jury Selection: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?,’’ see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 617 (2007). For annual survey of law on criminal law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 87 (2010).

Otras notas

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted ‘‘intellectual disability’’ for ‘‘mental retardation’’ in the middle of paragraph (b)(3).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13A, edición 2015, páginas 146 a 147; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 3ead04cf60ab.