The trial jury is composed of six jurors when the court rules at first instance and nine jurors when it rules on appeal.
The court must, by judgment, order, before the list of jurors is drawn, that, independently of the trial jurors, one or more additional jurors be drawn by lot to attend the proceedings and to be present, without being able to express their opinion, during the deliberation.
In the event that one or more of the trial jurors is prevented from following the proceedings or taking part in the deliberations until the judgment of the Assize Court is delivered, they are replaced by the additional jurors.
The replacement is made in the order in which the additional jurors were called by lot.
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