Conn. Const. amend. IV

*Certified as adopted December 22, 1972. (See Ponsor et al v. Schaffer. Hartford Superior Court Docket No. 179114.) (Trial by jury. Challenging of jurors.) Section 19 of article first of the Constitution is amended to read as follows: The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, the number of such jurors, which shall not be less than six, to be established by law; but no person shall, for a capital offense, be tried by a jury of less than twelve jurors without his consent. In all civil and criminal actions tried by a jury, the parties shall have the right to challenge jurors peremptorily, the number of such challenges to be established by law. The right to question each juror individually by counsel shall be inviolate. Certified as adopted December 22, 1972. (See Ponsor et al v. Schaffer. Hartford Superior Court Docket No. 179114.)