2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 12 - Juries

- Trial by jury generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XI and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. IV.

Waiver of trial by jury, § 5-3-30.

Right to jury trial, § 9-11-38.

Embracery, § 16-10-91.

Expression of approval or disapproval of jury verdict by judge, § 17-9-22 et seq.

Jury leave for teachers, § 20-2-870.

Jury exemption for officers and enlisted personnel, § 38-2-276.

Jury trial in foreclosure proceedings, § 44-14-186.

- For article advocating reforms to improve the jury mentally and morally, see 5 Ga. B.J. 38 (1942). For article discussing developments in Georgia criminal law in 1976-1977, see 29 Mercer L. Rev. 55 (1977). For article, "Justice and Juror," see 20 Ga. L. Rev. 257 (1986). For article, "American Women Jurors: A Selected Bibliography," see 20 Ga. L. Rev. 299 (1986). For article, "Voir Dire in the #LOL Society: Jury Selection Needs Drastic Updates to Remain Relevant in the Digital Age," see 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 459 (2014).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Jury, § 1 et seq.

Discrimination in Jury Selection - Systematic Exclusion or Underrepresentation of Identifiable Group, 9 POF2d 407.

Jury or Nonjury Trial - A Defense Viewpoint, 5 Am. Jur. Trials 128.

Selecting the Jury - Plaintiff's View, 5 Am. Jur. Trials 143.

Selecting the Jury - Defense View, 5 Am. Jur. Trials 247.

Instructing the Jury - Pattern Instructions, 6 Am. Jur. Trials 923.

Use of Jury Consultant in Civil Cases, 49 Am. Jur. Trials 407.

- 50A C.J.S., Juries, § 1.

- Deafness of juror as ground for impeaching verdict, or securing new trial or reversal on appeal, 38 A.L.R.4th 1170.

Jury trial waiver as binding on later state civil trial, 48 A.L.R.4th 747.

Stranger's alleged communication with juror, other than threat of violence, as prejudicial in federal criminal prosecution, 131 A.L.R. Fed. 465.