La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 784
This is the official text of La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 784, part of Louisiana’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Louisiana.
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Method of selecting panel
Official statutory text
In selecting a panel, names shall be drawn from the petit jury venire indiscriminately and by lot in open court and in a manner to be determined by the court.
In those judicial district courts, including the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans, wherein use of a jury pool has been authorized by law, the petit jury panel shall be selected by random, indiscriminate choice in a manner to be determined by the rules of the court in which the jury panel is selected.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 556, ยง1, eff. July 15, 1977.
In those judicial district courts, including the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans, wherein use of a jury pool has been authorized by law, the petit jury panel shall be selected by random, indiscriminate choice in a manner to be determined by the rules of the court in which the jury panel is selected.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 556, ยง1, eff. July 15, 1977.
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