{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-171","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-12-171","heading":"Discharge or separate custody of alternate jurors upon submission of verdict.","body":"Upon final submission of the case to the jury, the alternate jurors shall not retire with the jury of 12 for deliberation but may be discharged. However, if the court deems it advisable, it may direct that one or more of the alternate jurors be kept in the custody of the sheriff or one or more court officers, separate and apart from the regular jurors, until the jury has agreed upon a verdict.","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":"acd5ae4a5c847abbac68bc5242c6de2fa685dd83ce34ec4c1de567cc91dd1c37","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-170","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-12-172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}