Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-101 Examination of prospective jurors
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(a) In all cases, both civil and criminal, the court shall examine all prospective jurors under oath upon all matters set forth in the statutes as disqualifications. (b) Further questions may be asked by the court or by the attorneys in the case, in the discretion of the court. (…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-201 Challenge to the array
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A challenge to the array shall be decided by the court.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-202 Challenge for cause
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(a) A challenge for cause shall be decided by the court, and, in order to determine the challenge, the particular juror challenged may be sworn, or, at the instance of either party, all of the jurors may be sworn to make true and perfect answers to such questions as may be demand…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-203 Peremptory challenges — Panel
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(a) Each party shall have three (3) peremptory challenges, which may be made orally. (b) (1) However, if either party desires a panel, the court shall cause the names of twenty-four (24) competent jurors, written upon separate slips of paper, to be placed in a box to be kept for …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-301 Challenge to grand juror
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(a) Every person held to answer a criminal charge may object to the competency of anyone summoned to serve as a grand juror, before he is sworn, on the ground that he is the prosecutor or complainant upon any charge against the person or that he is a witness on the part of the pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-302 Challenge to trial jurors generally
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(1) A challenge is an objection to the trial jurors and is of two (2) kinds:(1) To the panel;(2) To the individual juror. (1) To the panel; (2) To the individual juror.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-303 Challenge to trial jurors — Individual juror generally
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(a) The challenge to the individual juror is:(1) For cause;(2) Peremptory. (1) For cause; (2) Peremptory. (b) The challenge must be taken before he is sworn in chief, but the court, for a good cause, may permit it to be made at any time before the jury is completed. (c) The chall…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-304 Challenge to trial jurors — Individual juror for cause
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(a) The challenge for cause may be taken either by the state or by the defendant. (b) It may be general, that the juror is disqualified in serving in any case, or particular, that he is disqualified from serving in the case on trial.(1) Causes of general challenge are:(A) A want …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-305 Challenge to trial jurors — Individual juror — Peremptory
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(a) The state shall be entitled to ten (10) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for capital murder, § 5-10-101, treason, § 5-51-201, or capital rape, § 5-14-114, to six (6) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for all other felonies, and to three (3) peremptory challenges in p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-306 Challenge to trial jurors — Order
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(1) The challenges of either party need not be all taken together, but may be taken separately, in the following order:(1) To the panel;(2) To the individual juror for general disqualification;(3) To the individual juror for implied bias;(4) To the individual juror for actual bia…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-307 Challenge to trial jurors — Several defendants
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When several defendants are tried together, the challenge of any one (1) of the defendants shall be the challenge of all.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-308 Challenge to trial jurors — Hearing
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(a) Challenges shall be tried and determined by the court in a summary manner, without the issues of law or of fact arising thereon being reduced to writing. (b) The juror himself may be examined on oath by either party upon challenge. (c) Other witnesses may also be examined and…