CHAPTER 3. TRIAL BY JURY
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 782. Number of jurors composing jury; number which must concur; waiver
A. A case in which punishment may be capital shall be tried by a jury of twelve
jurors, all of whom must concur to render a verdict. A case for an offense committed prior
to January 1, 2019, in which punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor shall be
tried by a jury composed of twelve jurors, ten of whom must concur to render a verdict. A
case for an offense committed on or after January 1, 2019, in which the punishment is
necessarily confinement at hard labor shall be tried before a jury of twelve persons, all of
whom must concur to render a verdict. A case in which the punishment may be confinement
at hard labor shall be tried by a jury composed of six jurors, all of whom must concur to
render a verdict.
B. Trial by jury may be knowingly and intelligently waived by the defendant except
in capital cases.
Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 25, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1975, 1st
Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. Jan. 28, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 56, §2; Acts 2018, No. 493, §1, eff.
Jan. 1, 2019, if const. amend. is ratified.