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2018 Georgia Code 15-12-137.1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 15-12-137.1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-12-137.1

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 5 TRIAL JURIES

15-12-137.1. Jury service by members of electric membership corporation.

A member of an electric membership corporation shall not be incompetent, based solely on such membership, to serve as a juror in a case in which the electric membership corporation is a party or is interested; provided, however, that if the judge in such case finds that the nature of the case or that the circumstances surrounding a potential juror's membership in an electric membership corporation may cause a potential juror to have a bias or prejudice for or against the electric membership corporation in that case, the judge may grant a party's motion to disqualify such member for cause.

(Code 1981, §15-12-137.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 641, § 1/HB 195.)

Law reviews.

- For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2009).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-12-137.1

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Brown v. State, 295 Ga. 240 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 2, 2014 | 759 S.E.2d 489, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 1418

...625, 627 (2), supra (grand juror need not be impartial and unbiased). Compare Lowman v. State, 197 Ga. App. 556 (398 SE2d 832) (1990) (member of electric membership corporation disqualified from serving as petit juror in case in which corporation had interest) (decided prior to the 2009 enactment of OCGA § 15-12-137.1) with Simpson v....