§ 16-32-201. Selection of grand jury
(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 circuit clerk to provide the […]
§ 16-32-202. Selection, summons, and composition of trial generally
(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 parties.
§ 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.
§ 16-32-103. Master list
(a) During the month of November or December of each year, the prospective jurors for the following calendar year shall be selected from among the current list of registered voters of the applicable district or county in the following manner: (1) The circuit judge, in the presence of the circuit clerk, shall select at random […]