Section 494.465 – Challenge of jury on grounds that it was not selected in conformity with sections 494.400 to 494.505.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.465. Challenge of jury on grounds that it was not selected in conformity with sections 494.400 to 494.505. — 1. A party may move to stay the proceedings or for other appropriate relief including, in a criminal case, to quash the indictment if there has been a substantial failure to […]
Section 494.470 – Challenges for cause, grounds for — juror on panel not summoned off as a witness, exception.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.470. Challenges for cause, grounds for — juror on panel not summoned off as a witness, exception. — 1. No witness or person summoned as a witness in any cause, no person who has formed or expressed an opinion concerning the matter or any material fact in controversy in any […]
Section 494.475 – Inhabitants of city or county not disqualified when city or county is a party.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.475. Inhabitants of city or county not disqualified when city or county is a party. — In all actions brought by or against any county or city, the inhabitants of the county or city so suing or being sued may be jurors, if otherwise competent and qualified. ——– (L. 1989 […]
Section 494.480 – Peremptory challenges — civil cases, multiple parties, allocation — criminal cases — qualification of juror as basis for new trial — costs for impaneling jury to be paid, when.
Effective – 01 Jul 1997 494.480. Peremptory challenges — civil cases, multiple parties, allocation — criminal cases — qualification of juror as basis for new trial — costs for impaneling jury to be paid, when. — 1. In trials of civil causes each party shall be entitled to peremptorily challenge three jurors. When there are […]
Section 494.485 – Alternate jurors.
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 494.485. Alternate jurors. — If in any case to be tried before a jury it appears to the court to be appropriate, the court may direct that a number of jurors in addition to the regular jury be called and impaneled to sit as alternate jurors. Alternate jurors, in the […]
Section 494.490 – Number of jurors — three-fourths or more jurors to return verdict in civil cases — how verdict is signed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1996 494.490. Number of jurors — three-fourths or more jurors to return verdict in civil cases — how verdict is signed. — In all trials of civil actions before a circuit judge, or an associate circuit judge sitting as a circuit judge, a jury shall consist of twelve persons selected pursuant […]
Section 494.495 – Jury may separate, when — duty of court.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.495. Jury may separate, when — duty of court. — The court may permit the jury to separate at any adjournment or recess of the court during the trial and jury deliberation in all cases of misdemeanor or felony, except in capital cases. When the jurors are permitted to separate, […]
Section 494.500 – Aliens, jury in the trial of.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.500. Aliens, jury in the trial of. — No alien shall be entitled to a jury of part aliens or strangers, for the trial of any indictment, but in every case the jurors shall be such only as are qualified to serve according to the laws of this state. ——– […]
Section 494.505 – Jurors may be summoned from another county, when — procedure — transportation furnished jury instead of mileage, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.505. Jurors may be summoned from another county, when — procedure — transportation furnished jury instead of mileage, when. — 1. Whenever it shall appear, in the manner provided in section 545.490, that the inhabitants of the entire county in which the cause is pending are so prejudiced against the […]
Section 494.435 – Panel exhausted, other jurors summoned.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 494.435. Panel exhausted, other jurors summoned. — Whenever there is an unanticipated shortage of available petit jurors drawn from a qualified jury list, the court may require the sheriff or a jury supervisor to summon a sufficient number of petit jurors from bystanders. If any party objects to bystanders being […]