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2018 Georgia Code 15-12-40.2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-12-40.2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-12-40.2

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 3 SELECTION OF JURORS

15-12-40.2 through 15-12-43.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-17/HB 415, effective July 1, 2012.

Editor's notes.

- These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 27, §§ 3, 4; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 34, §§ 2-4; Code 1882, § 3910f; Ga. L. 1889, p. 84, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 820; Penal Code 1910, § 821; Code 1933, § 59-109; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 3; Code 1981, § 15-12-40.2, enacted by Code 1882, § 3911a; Penal Code 1895, § 817; Penal Code 1910, § 818; Penal Code 1895, § 819; Code 1933, § 59-107; Code 1882, § 3910e; Penal Code 1910, § 820; Code 1933, § 59-108; Ga. L. 1962, p. 117, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 626, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 825, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1377, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1511, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 427, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 890, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 15/HB 95; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-17/HB 415, and was repealed on its own terms, effective July 1, 2012.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-12-40.2

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Brannan v. State, 561 S.E.2d 414 (Ga. 2002).

Cited 47 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 25, 2002 | 275 Ga. 70, 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 894

...trial was created under the "old" program. The evidence did not support Brannan's allegation that the array was vitiated by the failure to purge felons, the deceased, and the mentally incompetent from the traverse jury list. See OCGA §§ 15-12-40, 15-12-40.2, 15-12-42....
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Keever v. Dellinger, 291 Ga. 860 (Ga. 2012).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 5, 2012 | 734 S.E.2d 874, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3430

...Finally, Keever argues that he is entitled to a new trial because one of the jurors was a convicted felon. Specifically, Keever argues that his due process rights were violated because the county board of jury commissioners failed to remove that particular juror from the trial jury list in accordance with former OCGA § 15-12-40.2, which was in force at the time of the adverse possession trial.2 OCGA § 15-12-40.2, itself, did not prohibit a convicted felon from sitting as a trial juror, and, at the time of the trial in this case, there was no statute expressly prohibiting such jury service by someone who had been convicted of a felony.3 Applicab...
...Cox, Byington, Corwin & Twyman, Christopher P. Twyman, for appellant. White, Choate, Watkins & Mroczko, Harry B. White, for appellee. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur, except Benham, J., who is not participating. Apparently, Cabe became ill after the trial began. OCGA § 15-12-40.2 has been repealed, effective July 1, 2012. At the time of the adverse possession trial, there was a statutory prohibition against convicted felons sitting as members of a grand jury, OCGA § 15-12-60, but not a trial jury....

State v. Embert (Ga. 2025).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 10, 2025 | 734 S.E.2d 874, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3430