Section 38-5-12 – Petit jury panels; number to be qualified; period of service; time for summoning.
A. The judge shall determine the number of jurors to be summoned for service, the date and time for the appearance of jurors for qualification, the number of jurors to be qualified to provide panels of jurors for trial service and the size of trial jury panels. Procedures such as the use of alternate jury […]
Section 38-5-13 – Drawing and qualifying trial jury.
The district court of each county shall maintain a list of the names of the jurors duly empaneled and present for the trial of a case. The judge shall cause the names to be randomly selected until sufficient names have been drawn to provide the number of jurors required for the trial. The name and […]
Section 38-5-14 – Exercising challenges to jurors.
The court shall permit the parties to a case to express in the record of trial any challenge to a juror for good cause. The court shall rule upon the challenge and may excuse any juror for good cause. Challenges for good cause and peremptory challenges shall be made outside the hearing of the jury. […]
Section 38-5-15 – Mileage and compensation for jurors.
Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be reimbursed for travel in excess of forty miles round trip from their place of actual residence to the courthouse when their attendance is ordered at the rate allowed public officers and employees per mile of necessary travel. Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be […]
Section 38-5-16 – Challenge to jury array.
Any party to a civil action or defendant in a criminal action, at the opening of trial and before the empaneling of the jury is commenced, by motion to quash the jury array, may challenge the jury panel on the ground that the members thereof were not selected substantially in accordance with law. If the […]
Section 38-5-17 – [Verdict by ten or more jurors; polling jury.]
In civil causes when the jury, or as many as ten of them, have agreed upon a verdict, they must be conducted into court, their names called by the clerk, and the verdict rendered by their foreman; the verdict must be in writing, signed by the foreman, and must be read by the clerk to […]
Section 38-5-18 – Employer prohibited from penalizing employee for jury service.
A. An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment or threaten or otherwise coerce the employee because the employee receives a summons for jury service, responds to the summons, serves as a juror or attends court for prospective jury service. B. An employer shall not require or request an employee to use annual, vacation […]
Section 38-5-19 – Penalty.
An employer, either individually or through his agent, who violates Section 1 [38-5-18 NMSA 1978] of this act is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. History: Laws 1979, ch. 47, § 2.
Section 38-5-10 – Summoning of jurors; claiming exemption.
Upon drawing a list of jurors for grand jury or petit jury service, the clerk shall issue a summons for each juror ordering his attendance at a time and place as fixed by the district judge or magistrate ordering the drawing. The summons may be served by first class mail or in a manner provided […]
Section 38-5-10.1 – Postponement of petit jury service.
A. A person scheduled to appear for service on a petit jury may request a postponement of the date of initial appearance for jury service. The request for postponement shall be granted if the juror: (1) has not previously been granted a postponement; and (2) agrees to a future date, approved by the court, when […]