Venire called; number of jurors
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 140 S. Ct. 1390 - Ramos v. Louisiana (2020)
Most recently applied in 140 S. Ct. 1390 - Ramos v. Louisiana (April 2020)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.6
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 1. (a) The jury venire called by a court may be used in civil or criminal cases.
(b) If a defendant is charged with:
(1) murder or a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, or Level 5 felony, the jury shall consist of twelve (12) qualified jurors unless the defendant and prosecuting attorney agree to a lesser number; or
(2) any other crime, the jury shall consist of six (6) qualified jurors.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.