King v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of escape from confinement, enumerating as error the court’s refusal to disqualify a prospective juror based on his employment as a police officer. Held-.

The 1984 amendment to OCGA § 15-12-1 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 1697, § 1), apparently relied upon by the trial court in its ruling on the challenge, merely removed the statutory exemption of police officers, among others, from being called for jury duty. Even before that amendment, full-time police officers were eligible to be jurors upon their request in writing to the board of jury…