§ 16-32-105 — Drawing for petit jurors

(a) (1) After the names have been placed in the wheel or box and not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the first jury trial in the year for which the prospective jurors have been selected, the circuit judge shall enter an order which shall be spread of record stating a time and place for the initial drawing for the names of petit jurors from the wheel or box. (2) At the time and place designated, the wheel or box shall be unlocked in open court. (3) After the names have been thoroughly mixed, the circuit judge shall cause to be drawn the number of names which in his or her opinion shall be necessary to provide a panel of qualified petit jurors for the trial of cases, after excuses from attendance have been granted to those who are entitled to be excused. (4) As the names are drawn, they shall be recorded in the same order by the circuit clerk in a book to be provided for that purpose, and if the name of any person known to have died or found by the court upon inquiry to be unfit and disqualified under § 16-31-102(a) is drawn, that name shall be put aside and not used and a notation of the discarding of the name and reason therefor shall be made in the jury book. (5) The same procedures outlined in this section shall be followed in the event all of the jurors whose names are listed in the jury book shall be excused from further service. (b) The drawing and recording of jurors under subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) of this section may be accomplished by a computerized random jury selection process.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, No. 485, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 39-209.1; Acts 2005, No. 87, § 4.