La. R.S. § 13:1382 Jury Terms

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 13:1382

A. There shall be monthly jury terms of the criminal district court, beginning on the first Monday of each calendar month and continuing until the first Monday of the next ensuing calendar month. When any first Monday is a legal holiday, the jury term shall begin on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday. The jury term shall be assigned to the several sections of the court as follows: the January, April, July and October terms to sections "A" and "B"; the February, May, August, and November terms to sections "C" and "D"; the March, June, September, and December terms to sections "E" and "F".

B. Whenever any judge of the criminal district court deems it expedient to hold a special jury term in his section of the court, he shall issue an order to the jury commissioners, not earlier than the 12th and not later than the 17th day of any calendar month, to draw a jury for his section of the court for the next ensuing calendar month. The jury commissioners then shall draw not less than seventy-five names for the special session in the same manner that juries are drawn for the regular monthly terms of the criminal district court.