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§ 22-1-102. Incompetent Persons

The following persons are incompetent to act as jurors: Persons convicted of a felony or any other infamous offense in a court of competent jurisdiction; or Persons convicted of perjury or subornation of perjury.

§ 22-1-104. Disqualification by Interest or Relationship

No person may act as a juror in any case in which the person is interested, or in which either of the parties is connected with the person by affinity or consanguinity, within the sixth degree, as computed by the civil law, except by consent of all parties.

§ 22-1-105. Discharge of Unqualified Jurors — Reasonable or Proper Cause

A court may discharge from service a grand or petit juror who does not possess the requisite qualifications, or who is disqualified from such service, or for any other reasonable or proper cause, to be judged by the court. That a state of mind exists on the juror’s part that will prevent the juror from […]

§ 22-1-106. Exemption From Process

Service of process on any juror while that juror is attending or traveling to or from the court to which the juror is summoned is voidable and subject to challenge.

§ 22-2-101. Application of Chapter

This chapter applies to all grand and petit juries in all circuit and criminal courts of this state. This chapter also applies to any law court in any of the counties. Except as provided in § 22-4-101, every private act enacted in this state touching in any way upon the subject of juries, jurors or […]

§ 22-2-102. Unlawful Acts — Penalties

It is contempt of court punishable by the court wherein such violation may be under investigation, upon its own motion or upon the petition or motion of the attorney general and reporter, for any person to alter any automated jury database or jury list, to open any jury box except as provided in this chapter, […]