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2010 Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors
Chapter 33 - Examination and Challenge
Subchapter 3 - Criminal Proceedings
§ 16-33-305 - Challenge to trial jurors -- Individual juror -- Peremptory.
16-33-305. Challenge to trial jurors -- Individual juror -- Peremptory.(a) The state shall be entitled to ten (10) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for capital murder, to six (6) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for all other felonies, and to three (3) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for misdemeanors.
(b) The defendant shall be entitled to twelve (12) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for capital murder, to eight (8) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for all other felonies, and to three (3) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for misdemeanors.
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