Tennessee § 22-1-104 - Disqualification by interest or relationship.
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§ 22-1-104. Disqualification by interest or relationship.
No person may act as a juror in any case in which the person is interested, or in which either of the parties is connected with the person by affinity or consanguinity, within the sixth degree, as computed by the civil law, except by consent of all parties. Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former chapter 1, §§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-107 (Code 1858, §§ 4002 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 119, § 2; 1835-1836, ch. 6, § 8), 4004, 4003 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 68, § 1), 4005 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 20, §§ 1, 2; 1831, ch. 103, § 10), 4006 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 107, § 1), 4007, 4008 (deriv. Acts 1779 (Oct.), ch. 6, § 11); impl. am. Acts 1867-1868, ch. 31, § 1; Acts 1877, ch. 52, § 1; 1887, ch. 211, § 1; 1897, ch. 112, § 5; 1903, ch. 38, § 1; 1909, ch. 400, § 125; Shan., §§ 5813-5819; Acts 1919, ch. 79, § 1; Code 1932, §§ 10006, 10007, 10009-10012, 10014; Acts 1951, ch. 71, § 4; 1973, ch. 76, § 1; Acts 1977, ch. 197, § 1; 1979, ch. 416, § 1, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 22-101 — 22-107; Code 1932, § 10007; Acts 1987, ch. 37, §§ 1-4; 1989, ch. 591, § 119; 1991, ch. 215, § 1; 1993, ch. 309, §§ 2-4; Acts 1994, ch. 785, § 1; 1996, ch. 690, § 1), concerning qualifications and exemptions, was repealed by Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1, effective January 1, 2009. Effective Dates. Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 9. January 1, 2009. Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 25.45, 25.55. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 3-6-3, 3-6-4, 3-6-6. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 14 Tenn. Juris., Grand Jury, § 5; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jury, §§ 14, 23, 32. Law Reviews. Criminal Law and Procedure (William D. Warren), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 1179. Selecting A Trial Jury In Tennessee, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 220. The Tennessee Court Systems — The Jury System, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 489. Theology in the Jury Room: Religious Discussion as “Extra Material” in the Course of Capital Punishment Deliberations, 55 Vand. L. Rev. 127 (2002). Trial — Intimating that Defendant Has Liability Insurance, 15 Tenn. L. Rev. 831.
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