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12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally.
(a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon
the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital
felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be
compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74.
In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective
basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof
given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court,
the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and
his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand.
After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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12-16-74
Section 12-16-74 Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling
of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire
list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service
as jurors and whose service has not been previously excused or postponed. The court may hear
any excuses not previously heard and shall pass upon the qualifications of those in attendance
for grand jury service. The court may in any case, including capital cases, excuse or postpone
the service of any prospective juror outside the presence of the parties and their counsel
in accordance with the provisions for excusal contained in Section 12-16-63. If a grand jury
is to be empaneled, the court shall draw from the venire list on a random basis the names
of 18 persons qualified and in attendance who shall be sworn and empaneled as the grand jury.
If a petit jury is also to be empaneled, all qualified persons...
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45-16-80.20
Section 45-16-80.20 Jury strike system. Upon the trial by jury in the Circuit Courts of the
Twelfth Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony not punished
capitally, or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require
two lists of all the regular jurors empaneled for the week who are competent to try the defendant
to be made, and the district attorney shall be required first 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. (Act 80-228, p. 309, §1.)...
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45-20-80
Section 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. (Act 80-194, p. 270, §1.)...
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45-39-80.20
Section 45-39-80.20 Jury strike system. Upon the trial by jury in the circuit courts of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony not punished
capitally, or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require
two lists of all the regular jurors empaneled 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. (Act 81-127, p. 148, §1.)...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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8-20-4
Section 8-20-4 Unfair and deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions,
or conditions of any dealer agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver,
prior to the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of any dealer agreement or franchise,
the following acts or conduct shall constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices: (1) For
any manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, or wholesaler, distributor
branch, or distributor representative to coerce or attempt to coerce any motor vehicle dealer
to do any of the following: a. To accept, buy, or order any motor vehicle or vehicles, appliances,
equipment, parts, or accessories therefor, or any other commodity or commodities or service
or services which such motor vehicle dealer has not voluntarily ordered or requested except
items required by applicable local, state, or federal law; or to require a motor vehicle dealer
to accept, buy, order, or purchase such items in order to...
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12-16-58
Section 12-16-58 Placement of names of prospective jurors in master jury box. (a) The name
or identifying number of every prospective juror whose name is drawn from the master list
pursuant to subsection (b) shall be set forth on a card and placed in the master jury box
as provided in this section. (b) The number of names or identifying numbers to be placed in
the master jury box shall be a minimum of 1,000 plus one percent of the total number of names
on the master list. From time to time names or identifying numbers of additional prospective
jurors may be placed in the master jury box as determined by the jury commission or ordered
by the circuit court. The master jury box shall be emptied and refilled by December 31 of
each even numbered year. (c) The names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors which
shall be placed in the master jury box shall be selected by the jury commission at random
from the master list as follows: The total number of names on the master list shall be...
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15-18-200
Section 15-18-200 Motion by persons convicted of capital offense for forensic DNA testing and
analysis. (a) An individual convicted of a capital offense who is serving a term of imprisonment
or awaiting execution of a sentence of death, through written motion to the circuit court
that entered the judgment of sentence, may apply for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic
acid testing on specific evidence, if that evidence was secured in relation to the investigation
or prosecution that resulted in the conviction of the applicant, is still available for testing
as of the date of the motion, forensic DNA testing was not performed on the case at the time
of the initial trial, and the results of the forensic DNA testing, on its face, would demonstrate
the convicted individual's factual innocence of the offense convicted. The filing of a motion
as provided in this subsection shall not automatically stay an execution. (b) Upon receipt
of a motion for DNA testing, the circuit court shall...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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