Title 16, Practice, Procedure, And Courts

(a) The persons whose names have been selected under § 16-32-105 shall be summoned to appear on a date set by the court to answer questions concerning their qualifications and unless excused or disqualified, to serve the required number of days or for the maximum period during th…

(a) Whenever it shall appear that the names of more jurors have been drawn and listed in the jury book than are needed for jury service at the current or at any subsequent session of the court, the judge, if the jurors are present in court, shall designate the number of jurors re…

(a) (1) If at any time it appears that a sufficient number of qualified jurors are not available to try scheduled cases, additional names may be drawn and recorded in the jury book in open court or randomly selected by computer program described in § 16-32-103. These jurors shall…

(a) (1) A challenge to the use of the names selected by the circuit clerk and placed in the jury wheel or box for the drawing of trial panels from the jury wheel or box may be made only by a litigant in a particular case.(2) (A) If the trial judge sustains the challenge to the us…

Beginning January 1, 1998, and thereafter, during every step in the procedure for the selection of grand jurors and petit jurors, electronic devices or mechanical devices shall be utilized to assure the random selection of all jury panels.

(a) As used in this section, “juror information” means:(1) An original or a copy of a list of potential jurors;(2) A list of potential jurors who were sworn and qualified;(3) Any response to a juror questionnaire; and(4) A list of an individual venire panel. (1) An original or a …

(a) (1) The selecting, summoning, and impaneling of a grand jury shall be as prescribed by law.(2) (A) Circuit courts to which criminal cases are assigned may call grand jurors from the jury wheel or box from which petit jurors are drawn, or the circuit judge may direct the circu…

(a) The jurors for the trial of criminal prosecutions shall be selected and summoned as provided by law. (b) (1) Juries shall be composed of twelve (12) jurors.(2) However, cases other than felonies may be tried by a jury of fewer than twelve (12) jurors by agreement of the parti…

(1) The jury, for the trial of all prosecutions for misdemeanors, shall be selected in the following manner:(1) Each party shall have three (3) peremptory challenges, which may be made orally; and(2) (A) The court shall cause the names of twenty-four (24) competent jurors, writte…

(a) The pool of names from which prospective jurors are chosen may be expanded from the list of registered voters to include the list of licensed drivers and persons issued an identification card under § 27-16-805. (b) The qualifications for serving on a jury under § 16-31-101 an…

(a) (1) In order to allow for the use of the enhanced prospective juror pool, the Secretary of State shall compile and make available no later than November 1 of each year, and at other times determined by the Secretary of State, an enhanced list of prospective jurors in automate…

(a) The administrative circuit judge for each county shall determine that either the list of registered voters or the enhanced list, but not both, shall be utilized in the selection of all prospective jurors for all circuit court divisions within the county, based upon a consider…

This subchapter shall not affect the list of disqualifications from jury service found in § 16-31-102.