Florida Senate - 2014                                      SB 94
       
       
        
       By Senator Margolis
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00090C-14                                            201494__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to jury composition; amending s.
    3         913.10, F.S.; requiring a 12-member jury for life
    4         felony cases; requiring that the composition of all
    5         juries empaneled in this state reflect the
    6         demographics of the county in which the case is to be
    7         tried; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 913.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         913.10 Number of jurors; composition of a jury.—
   14         (1) Twelve persons shall constitute a jury to try all
   15  capital and life felony cases, and six persons shall constitute
   16  a jury to try all other criminal cases.
   17         (2) The composition of a jury shall reflect the
   18  demographics of the county in which the case is to be tried.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.