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2018 Georgia Code 15-12-10 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-12-10 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-12-10

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 12. Juries, 15-12-1 through 15-12-172.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-12-10. Juror's failure to appear or unauthorized absence; contempt.

If any person is duly summoned to appear as a trial or grand juror at court and neglects or refuses to appear, or if any juror absents himself or herself without leave of the court, such neglect, refusal, or absence may, after notice and hearing, be punished as contempt of court.

(Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 7; Ga. L. 1872, p. 15, § 1; Code 1873, § 3938; Code 1882, § 3938; Penal Code 1895, § 864; Penal Code 1910, § 868; Code 1933, § 59-117; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-10/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 6/HB 1078.)

The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, inserted "trial or grand" near the beginning, and substituted "such" for "said" near the middle.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.'"

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Jury, § 98.

C.J.S.

- 50A C.J.S., Juries, §§ 345, 346.

ALR.

- Holding jurors in contempt under state law, 93 A.L.R.5th 493.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-12-10 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Humphreys v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-03-15

Citation: 694 S.E.2d 316, 287 Ga. 63, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 732, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 227

Snippet: that portion of the original Rule 1.2 and OCGA § 15-12-10 concerns delinquent jurors and is obviously inapplicable