Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-2-312 (2026)

Selection and summons when no jury pool provided

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(a) If for any reason a jury pool is not furnished at any jury service term as provided by this part, then the presiding judge of the judicial district shall have the right to select a jury pool as may be needed during the jury service term.

(b) In all counties of this state, regardless of population, jurors required to try issues of fact in the chancery or other court, not supplied with regular jurors, may be summoned instanter, by order of the court, as in subsection (a).

Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1991–2010 · leading case: State v. Bobo, 814 S.W.2d 353 (Tenn. 1991).

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State v. Bobo, 814 S.W.2d 353 (Tenn. 1991). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-2-312 ; See also Garner v.”

State v. Cleveland, 959 S.W.2d 548 (Tenn. 1997). · cites it 4× “24(e); see Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-2-312 (1994). Although the decision to discharge a juror and to select an alternate juror is left to the discretion of the trial judge, State v.”

State v. Millbrooks, 819 S.W.2d 441 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 22-2-312 provides as follows: Should a juror, either in a civil or criminal action, during the process of a trial, become so unwell that, in the opinion of the court, he is unable to serve, he may be discharged, and another juror summoned instanter, impaneled, and the…”

State of Tennessee v. Gary Lynn Harvey (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “At the time of Appellant’s trial, however, the Code provided that “[s]hould a juror, either in a civil or criminal action, during the process of a trial, become so unwell that, in the opinion of the court, the juror is unable to serve, the juror may be discharged, and another…”

State of Tennessee v. Manuel Haynes (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “On appeal, the defendant argues that Tennessee Code Annotated section 22-2-312, allowing an ill juror to be discharged, and State v.”

State of Tennessee v. Benjamin Brown (Tenn. Crim. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “24(f)(2)(B)); see T.C.A. § 22-2-312. “Where a juror is not legally disqualified or there is no inherent prejudice, the burden is on the Defendant to show that a juror is in some way biased or prejudiced.”

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