Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-16-230 (2026)
Discharge of Juror, Summoning of Replacement, Etc., Prior to Retirement of Jury.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
If, before the jury retires, one of them becomes so sick as to incapacitate him for the performance of his duty or any other cause renders it necessary, in the opinion of the court, to discharge a juror, such juror may be discharged, another summoned in his place and the trial commenced anew.
(Code 1852, §649; Code 1867, §4201; Code 1876, §4906; Code 1886, §4453; Code 1896, §5277; Code 1907, §7311; Code 1923, §8693; Code 1940, T. 30, §98.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Lam Luong v. State, 199 So. 3d 173 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016).
Lam Luong v. State, 199 So. 3d 173 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Luong argues that the circuit court violated § 12-16-230, Ala.Code 1975, by removing this juror because, he says, her sickness was not.”
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