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Statutes > Virginia > Title-8-01 > Chapter-11 > 8-01-360§ 8.01-360. Additional jurors when trial likely to be protracted.
Whenever in the opinion of the court the trial of any criminal or civil caseis likely to be a protracted one, the court may direct the selection ofadditional jurors who shall be drawn from the same source, in the same mannerand at the same time as the regular jurors. These additional jurors shallhave the same qualifications, and be considered and treated in every respectas regular jurors and be subject to examination and challenge as such jurors.When one additional juror is desired, there shall be drawn three veniremen,and the plaintiff and defendant in a civil case or the Commonwealth andaccused in a criminal case shall each be allowed one peremptory challenge.When two or more additional jurors are desired there shall be drawn twice asmany venireman as the number of additional jurors desired. The plaintiff anddefendant in a civil case or the Commonwealth and accused in a criminal caseshall each be allowed one additional peremptory challenge for every twoadditional jurors. The court shall select, by lot, those jurors to bedesignated additional jurors. The plaintiff and defendant in a civil case orthe Commonwealth and accused in a criminal case shall be advised by the courtwhich jurors are additional jurors at the time the jury is impaneled;however, in no event, shall any juror be made aware of his status as aregular or additional juror until he is excused as a juror. Before finalsubmission of the case, the court shall excuse any additional jurors in orderto reduce the number of jurors to that required by §§ 8.01-359 and 19.2-262.
(Code 1950, § 8-208.22; 1973, c. 439; 1977, c. 617; 1992, c. 536; 1998, c.279.)
