Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-16-80 (2026)
Objections Which May Be Taken to Venire of Jurors.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
No objection can be taken to any venire of jurors except for fraud in drawing or summoning the jurors.
(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8637; Code 1940, T. 30, §46.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1983–2011 · leading case: McWhorter v. State, 781 So. 2d 257 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999).
McWhorter v. State, 781 So. 2d 257 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “"The Alabama Supreme Court further stated in Windsor: "`This [suggestion of impropriety in excusing jurors] is nothing like the proof of fraud required by § 12-16-80 Ala.Code 1975, even though the word "fraud," as used in the statute, is "a relative term which `includes all acts…”
Yancey v. State, 65 So. 3d 452 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “None of *472 the excuses presented by the potential jurors amounted to the fraud described in § 12-16-80, Code of Alabama 1975, which would result in an impingement of the integrity of the jury-selection process.”
Robinson v. State, 577 So. 2d 928 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “Section 12-16-80, Code of Alabama 1975, provides that "[n]o objection can be taken to any venire of jurors except for fraud in drawing or summoning the jurors.”
Ford Motor Co. v. Duckett, 70 So. 3d 1177 (Ala. 2011). “This Court has stated: “The purpose of [§ 12-16-80] is to accomplish the salut[a]ry purpose of preventing the quashing of venires for mere irregularities and to obviate the resulting delays in the administration of justice.”
Jones v. State, 437 So. 2d 628 (Ala. Crim. App. 1983). “This motion, then, satisfied the requirements of § 12-16-80, Code of Alabama 1975. In the case of Nixon v.”
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