§ 15-12-168. Authority to call alternate jurors

GA Code § 15-12-168 (2018) (N/A)
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Whenever in the opinion of a judge of a superior court any felony trial is likely to be a protracted one, immediately after the jury has been impaneled and sworn the court shall direct the calling of one or more additional jurors to be known as "alternate jurors."