COURTS Juries: Provide the State and the Accused with the Same Number of Peremptory Challenges in Misdemeanor, Felony, and Death Penalty Cases and in Challenging Alternative Jurors; Provide the Manner in Which Peremptory Challenges are Made; Change the Size of the Jury Panel in Felony and Death Penalty Cases; Provide the State with an Equal Number of Additional Peremptory Challenges in Trials for Jointly Indicted Defendants; Provide an Exemption from Jury Duty for a Primary Caregiver of a Child Who Is Four Years of Age or Younger; Provide an Exemption from Jury Duty for a Primary Teacher of Children in a Home Study Program; and for Other Purposes

Authors

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Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

In 2004, the Georgia General Assembly considered a bill designed to exempt home-school teachers and certain primary caregivers from jury duty. The Senate amended the bill to provide the State and the accused with an equal number of preemptory challenges in death penalty, felony, and misdemeanor cases.

Recommended Citation

Jonathan Poole, COURTS Juries: Provide the State and the Accused with the Same Number of Peremptory Challenges in Misdemeanor, Felony, and Death Penalty Cases and in Challenging Alternative Jurors; Provide the Manner in Which Peremptory Challenges are Made; Change the Size of the Jury Panel in Felony and Death Penalty Cases; Provide the State with an Equal Number of Additional Peremptory Challenges in Trials for Jointly Indicted Defendants; Provide an Exemption from Jury Duty for a Primary Caregiver of a Child Who Is Four Years of Age or Younger; Provide an Exemption from Jury Duty for a Primary Teacher of Children in a Home Study Program; and for Other Purposes, 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2004).
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