A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial. Codes, 1871, § 1330; 1880, § 2226; 1892, § 2428; 1906, § 2757; Hemingway's 1917, § 2256; 1930, § 2105; 1942, § 1839; Laws, 2008, ch. 319, § 8, eff. 7/24/2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial. Codes, 1871, § 1330; 1880, § 2226; 1892, § 2428; 1906, § 2757; Hemingway's 1917, § 2256; 1930, § 2105; 1942, § 1839; Laws, 2008, ch. 319, § 8, eff. 7/24/2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial. Codes, 1871, § 1330; 1880, § 2226; 1892, § 2428; 1906, § 2757; Hemingway's 1917, § 2256; 1930, § 2105; 1942, § 1839; Laws, 2008, ch. 319, § 8, eff. 7/24/2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial. Codes, 1871, § 1330; 1880, § 2226; 1892, § 2428; 1906, § 2757; Hemingway's 1917, § 2256; 1930, § 2105; 1942, § 1839; Laws, 2008, ch. 319, § 8, eff. 7/24/2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
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