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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 282
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Clarifies that to qualify as a juror a person not be under
indictment for, nor convicted of a felony for which he has not been pardoned by the
governor. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 401(A)(5), relative to qualifications2
of jurors; to provide for persons who have been convicted of a felony but not3
received a pardon by the governor; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 401(A)(5) is hereby amended and6
reenacted to read as follows: 7
Art. 401. General qualifications of jurors 8
A. In order to qualify to serve as a juror, a person must: 9
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(5) Not be under indictment for a felony nor have been convicted of a felony11
for which he has not been pardoned by the governor.12
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
Present law provides that one of the qualifications of a person to be a juror is that the person
not be under indictment for a felony or been convicted of a felony for which he has not been
pardoned. Proposed law retains this provision but clarifies that the person convicted of a
felony not have received a pardon from the governor.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(C. Cr. P. Art. 401(A)(5))