Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Section 12-16-90 - Provisions of article as to selection, drawing, summoning, etc., of jurors directory; powers, etc., of jurors selected, drawn, summoned, etc., under article

Section 12-16-90 - Provisions of article as to selection, drawing, summoning, etc., of jurors directory; powers, etc., of jurors selected, drawn, summoned, etc., under article.

(a) The provisions of this article as to the selection, drawing, summoning or empaneling of jurors are directory merely and not mandatory.

(b) The jurors selected, drawn, summoned and empaneled under the provisions of this article, whether at an earlier or later day than required by this article, must and shall in all respects be deemed legal and to possess in full in every respect power to perform all of the duties belonging to grand and petit jurors.

(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8636; Code 1940, T. 30, §45.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021