TCA 40-12-101
Impaneling bystanders
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If not enough jurors from the original jury panel show up to form a grand jury, the court can fill the empty spots with bystanders (random citizens present at the courthouse). If no original jurors show up at all, the entire grand jury can be made up of bystanders.
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Whenever a sufficient number of the jurors of the original panel fail to attend before the grand jury is formed, the court may impanel the grand jury of so many of the original panel as may attend, and the rest of bystanders. If none of the original panel attend or no jurors have been appointed, the grand jury may consist entirely of bystanders.
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