§ 16-33-305. Challenge to trial jurors — Individual juror — Peremptory
(a) The state shall be entitled to ten (10) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for capital murder, to six (6) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for all other felonies, and to three (3) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for misdemeanors. (b) The defendant shall be entitled to twelve (12) peremptory challenges in prosecutions for capital murder, to eight […]
§ 16-33-306. Challenge to trial jurors — Order
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 bias; (5) Peremptory.
§ 16-33-307. Challenge to trial jurors — Several defendants
When several defendants are tried together, the challenge of any one (1) of the defendants shall be the challenge of all.
§ 16-33-308. Challenge to trial jurors — Hearing
(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 their attendance coerced.
§ 16-34-103. Per diem compensation for jurors and prospective jurors
(a) Any person who receives official notice that he or she has been selected as a prospective juror or who is chosen as a juror is eligible to receive per diem compensation for service if: (1) The person actually appears at the location to which the juror or prospective juror was summoned; and (2) The […]
§ 16-34-104. Mileage reimbursement for jurors
In the event and to the extent that a county quorum court adopts by ordinance a policy for reimbursement of mileage costs for jurors, any person who is eligible to receive per diem compensation under § 16-34-103 and whose primary place of residence is outside the city limits of the city where the court that […]
§ 16-34-106. Payment by county — Reimbursement by state
(a) The per diem compensation under § 16-34-103 shall be paid promptly to each juror or prospective juror by a county from funds appropriated for that purpose by the quorum court. (b) (1) (A) The state shall reimburse a county for a portion of the costs incurred for a payment under § 16-34-103(b)(1) if the […]
§ 16-33-202. Challenge for cause
(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 demanded of them, touching […]
§ 16-33-203. Peremptory challenges — Panel
(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 that purpose, from which the […]
§ 16-33-301. Challenge to grand juror
(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 prosecution […]