{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-165","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-12-165","heading":"Number of peremptory challenges.","body":"Every person accused of a felony may peremptorily challenge nine of the jurors impaneled to try him or her. The state shall be allowed the same number of peremptory challenges allowed to the accused; provided, however, that in any case in which the state announces its intention to seek the death penalty, the accused may peremptorily challenge 15 jurors and the state shall be allowed the same number of peremptory challenges.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 12 Juries","Article 5 Trial Juries","PART 2 Juries in Felony Cases"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"3fb05edfb75a55eed233479d5ba4f15f73ab4179a2af2f2c24fdb6650d7ca002","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-164","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-166"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}