O.C.G.A. § 15-12-10: Juror’s failure to appear or unauthorized absence; contempt.

If any person is duly summoned to appear as a trial or grand juror at court and neglects or refuses to appear, or if any juror absents himself or herself without leave of the court, such neglect, refusal, or absence may, after notice and hearing, be punished as contempt of court.