2005 House Bill 5135 ↩

Senate Roll Call 778: Passed

To clarify the law that allows a prosecutor and a criminal defendant to challenge five jurors peremptorily, and more in cases involving a potential life sentence. The bill specifies that where there are two or more co-defendants each would have five peremptory challenges, and also allows a court to grant one or more of the parties an increased number of peremptory challenges if good cause to do so is shown. Also, to deletes a provision of law that enables a defendant to disallow the use of interactive video technology for certain procedures.