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O.C.G.A. § 45-16-36 (2019)

Impaneling of jury to hold inquest; compensation of jurors

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The coroner shall summon and impanel five jurors and one alternate juror to hold an inquest, which jurors shall decide the verdict by a majority vote. The first grand jury impaneled at the fall term of the superior courts of the several counties shall fix the compensation of said jurors for the next succeeding year but such compensation shall not be less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00 per diem. It shall be the duty of the coroner or other person discharging the duties of the coroner to give a certificate of the fact of such service to each juror. Upon presentation of such certificate to the proper fiscal authority of the county in which the inquest is held, such fiscal authority shall pay the juror for his services.

History

(Laws 1823, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 538; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 92, § 1; Ga. L. 1893, p. 116, § 3; Penal Code 1895, § 1257; Penal Code 1910, § 1339; Code 1933, § 21-209; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 204, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 13; Ga. L. 1969, p. 761, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 718, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573, 192 S.E.2d 223 (1937).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Coroners or Medical Examiners, § 13.

C.J.S. - 18 C.J.S., Coroners, § 14 et seq.