Alabama § 45-20-80 - Jury Strike System.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 45-20-80 — Jury Strike System., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-20-80. Jury Strike System.
Upon the trial by jury in the Circuit Courts of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require two lists of all the regular jurors impaneled for the week who are competent to try the defendant to be made, and the district attorney shall be required to strike from the list the name of one juror, and the defendant shall strike one, and they shall continue to strike off names alternately until only 12 jurors remain on the list, and these 12 jurors thus selected shall be the jury charged with the trial of the case.
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What does Code of Alabama § 45-20-80 cover?
Section 45-20-80 ("Jury Strike System.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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