§ 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.
§ 16-32-203. Selection for misdemeanor trial
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, written upon separate slips of paper, to be placed in […]
§ 16-32-301. Enhanced prospective juror pool
(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 and the disqualifications under § 16-31-102 shall apply […]
§ 16-32-302. Enhanced list of prospective jurors
(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 automated or nonautomated form, as provided […]
§ 16-31-108. Interpreters for visually or hearing impaired jurors
(a) (1) (A) The state, through the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall provide and pay the cost of reasonable accommodations for the hearing and visually impaired when necessary to enable a person with those disabilities to act as a venireperson or juror. (B) Such accommodations may include a qualified sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, […]
§ 16-32-303. Judicial determination of need for expanded list
(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 consideration of whether the use of registered voters creates a […]
§ 16-32-101. Selection pursuant to act required — Waiver
No person shall be summoned to serve as a grand or petit juror who has not been selected under the provisions of this act unless this requirement is waived by the parties.
§ 16-32-304. List of disqualifications not affected
This subchapter shall not affect the list of disqualifications from jury service found in § 16-31-102.