508 – Number to Be Selected.
§ 508. Number to be selected. The commissioner of jurors shall draw at random for each term and each separate part of a term of court at which issues are triable by jury, such number of petit jurors and such number of grand jurors as he believes necessary, unless otherwise specified by order of the […]
509 – Qualification of Jurors.
§ 509. Qualification of jurors. (a) The commissioner of jurors shall determine the qualifications of a prospective juror on the basis of information provided on the juror’s qualification questionnaire. The commissioner of jurors may also consider other information including information obtained from public agencies concerning previous criminal convictions. The commissioner may require the fingerprinting of […]
500 – Declaration of Policy.
§ 500. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross-section of the community in the county or other governmental subdivision wherein the court […]
501 – Application of Article.
§ 501. Application of article. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this article shall apply to grand and petit jurors in all courts of the unified court system in which a jury may be drawn, whether such courts are of record or not of record.
502 – Commissioner of Jurors.
§ 502. Commissioner of jurors. (a) The office of commissioner of jurors is hereby established for each county in the state except counties within cities having a population of one million or more. In counties within such cities the county clerk shall exercise the duties and have the powers of the commissioner of jurors. The […]
503 – County Jury Board.
§ 503. County jury board. (a) There shall be established for each county a jury board composed as follows: 1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million or more, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau, the county jury board shall consist of one justice of the supreme court […]
504 – Appointment and Removal of Commissioner of Jurors.
§ 504. Appointment and removal of commissioner of jurors. (a) Except in counties within cities having a population of one million or more, the county jury board, or a majority thereof, shall appoint a commissioner of jurors for a term of four years and shall fill any vacancy occurring in such office in the same […]