A person to be tried in a municipal court, prior to trial, may demand a jury trial, and the jury, when demanded, must be composed of six persons drawn from the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners from the latest official list furnished to the municipality by the State Election Commission each year in the manner prescribed in Section 14-25-130. The right to a jury trial shall be deemed to have been waived unless demand is made prior to trial. HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 2008 Act No. 270, Section 2, eff June 4, 2008.
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