§ 15-12-168 - Authority to call alternate jurors
O.C.G.A. 15-12-168 (2010)
15-12-168. Authority to call alternate jurors
Whenever in the opinion of a judge of a superior court any felony trial is likely to be a protracted one, immediately after the jury has been impaneled and sworn the court shall direct the calling of one or more additional jurors to be known as "alternate jurors."