by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
Any juror who is conscientiously scrupulous of taking the oath above described, shall be allowed to make affirmation, substituting for the words “so help you God”, at the end of the oath, the following: “This you do affirm under the pains and...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
If, upon final submission of the cause, the court is of the opinion that the deliberations may be protracted, the court may order the alternate juror or jurors to remain sequestered physically or by admonition not to discuss the case with any person or allow any...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
Whenever in the opinion of the court the trial of a cause is likely to be a protracted one, the court may, immediately after the jury is impaneled and sworn, direct the calling of as many as two additional jurors to be known as “alternate juror”. Such...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
The jury consists of twelve persons except that in misdemeanors it shall consist of six persons, chosen as prescribed by law, and sworn or affirmed well and truly to try and true deliverance to make between the State of Oklahoma and the defendant whom they shall have...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
The clerk must thereupon, under the direction of the court, publicly draw out of the box so many of the ballots, one after another, as are sufficient to form the jury. R.L.1910, § 5834. R.L.1910, § 5834.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
The names of persons summoned to complete the jury as provided in the chapter on “Jurors”, must be written on distinct pieces of paper, folded each as nearly alike as possible, and so that the name cannot be seen, and must be deposited in the box before...
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