Arkansas § 16-33-303 Challenge to trial jurors - Individual juror generally

Arkansas Statutes

§ 16-33-303 — Challenge to trial jurors - Individual juror generally

Arkansas § 16-33-303

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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-33-303 (2026).

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(a)The challenge to the individual juror is:

(1)For cause;

(2)Peremptory.

(b)The challenge must be taken before he is sworn in chief, but the court, for a good cause, may permit it to be made at any time before the jury is completed.

(c)The challenge to the juror shall first be made by the state and then by the defendant, and the state must exhaust its challenges to each particular juror before the juror is passed to the defendant for challenge or acceptance. Crim. Code, §§ 203, 204, 216; C. & M. Dig., §§ 3153, 3154, 3164; Pope's Dig., §§ 3988, 3989, 4000; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 43-1913, 43-1914, 43-1924.

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(a) The challenge to the individual juror is: (1) For cause; (2) Peremptory. (b) The challenge must be taken before he is sworn in chief, but the court, for a good cause, may permit it to be made at any time before the jury is completed. (c) The challenge to the juror shall first be made by the state and then by the defendant, and the state must exhaust its challenges to each particular juror before the juror is passed to the defendant for challenge or acceptance. Crim. Code, §§ 203, 204, 216; C. & M. Dig., §§ 3153, 3154, 3164; Pope's Dig., §§ 3988, 3989, 4000; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 43-1913, 43-1914, 43-1924.