GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 15. COURTS |
Chapter 12. JURIES |
Article 5. TRIAL JURIES |
Part 2. JURIES IN FELONY CASES |
Section 15-12-168. Authority to call alternate jurors
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- Whenever in the opinion of a judge of a superior court any felony trial is likely to be a protracted one, immediately after the jury has been impaneled and sworn the court shall direct the calling of one or more additional jurors to be known as "alternate jurors."
Ga. L. 1957, p. 466, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1225, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1043, § 1.