Juries
-- Number of jurors -- Three-fourths may indict or give verdict.
A grand
jury shall consist of twelve persons, nine of whom concurring, may find an indictment. In
civil and misdemeanor cases, in courts inferior to the Circuit Courts, a jury shall
consist of six persons. The General Assembly may provide that in any or all trials of
civil actions in the Circuit Courts, three-fourths or more of the jurors concurring may
return a verdict, which shall have the same force and effect as if rendered by the entire
panel. But where a verdict is rendered by a less number than the whole jury, it shall be
signed by all the jurors who agree to it.
Text as
Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
History: Not yet amended.