Louisiana · Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure + R.S. Title 15
La. C.Cr.P. § 789: Alternate jurors
What this law says, in plain English
Courts may seat up to six alternate jurors who replace regular jurors unable to serve. Alternates meet the same standards as principal jurors and receive additional peremptory challenges equally distributed between state and defense.
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