Colorado § 13-72-103 Selection of jury panel

Colorado Statutes

§ 13-72-103 — Selection of jury panel

Colorado·Title 13 Courts·Art. Grand Jurors

In drawing the list of jurors, the court
shall select from no less than seventy-five names thereon and from such additional
lists of names as the court may order, or from such lesser number as may be called
to serve as jurors, the names of either twelve or twenty-three persons who shall
constitute a grand jury and four alternate grand jurors. The members of the county
grand jury shall be selected by the chief judge with the advice of the district
attorney. The court may close to the public part or all of the selection process when
reasonably necessary to protect the grand jury process or the security of the grand
jurors. The length of term served by a county grand jury shall be as provided in
section 13-71-120. The court, upon its own motion or at the request of the district
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In drawing the list of jurors, the court
shall select from no less than seventy-five names thereon and from such additional
lists of names as the court may order, or from such lesser number as may be called
to serve as jurors, the names of either twelve or twenty-three persons who shall
constitute a grand jury and four alternate grand jurors. The members of the county
grand jury shall be selected by the chief judge with the advice of the district
attorney. The court may close to the public part or all of the selection process when
reasonably necessary to protect the grand jury process or the security of the grand
jurors. The length of term served by a county grand jury shall be as provided in
section 13-71-120. The court, upon its own motion or at the request of the district
attorney, shall enter an order to preserve the confidentiality of all information that
might identify grand jurors when reasonably necessary to protect the grand jury
process or the security of the grand jurors. In the absence of such an order, upon
request, the jury commissioner shall make available for inspection by members of
the public a list of grand jurors containing only the grand jurors' names and juror
numbers. The court may strike the name of any juror who appears to the court to be
incompetent or unqualified to serve.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 70: R&RE, p. 245, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 78-6-3. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 628, � 1, effective May 25. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 778, � 2, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 429, � 3, effective May 24. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 55, � 3, effective March 15.