In the trial of all criminal cases, the Jury shall be the Judges of Law, as well as of fact, except that the Court may pass upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction.

The right of trial by Jury of all issues of fact in civil proceedings in the several Courts of Law in this State, where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of $25,000, shall be inviolably preserved.

Acts 1949, c. 407, ratified Nov. 7, 1950; Acts 1969, c. 789, ratified Nov. 3, 1970; Acts 1977, c. 681, ratified Nov. 7, 1978; Acts 1992, c. 205, ratified Nov. 3, 1992; Acts 1992, 206, ratified Nov. 3, 1992; Acts 1998, c. 322, § 1, ratified Nov. 3, 1998; Acts 2006, c. 422, § 1, ratified Nov. 7, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 480, § 1, ratified Nov. 2, 2010. Amended by Acts 2021, c. 809, § 1, ratified Nov. 8, 2022, eff. Dec. 14, 2022.