Wyoming § 1-11-203 Challenges for cause; grounds

Wyoming Statutes

§ 1-11-203 — Challenges for cause; grounds

Wyoming § 1-11-203

Title 01Civil Procedure

Ch. 11TRIAL BY JURY

Art. 2CONDUCT OF TRIAL; VERDICT

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 (2026).

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(a)Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds:

(i)A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a person competent as a juror;

(ii)Relationship by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree to either party;

(iii)Standing in the relation of debtor or creditor, guardian or ward, master or servant, or principal or agent to either party, or being a partner united in business with either party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either party;

(iv)Having served as a juror or a witness in a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action, or being then a witness therein;

(v)Interest on the part of the juror in the event or question involved in the action, but not an interest of the juror as

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(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more
of the following grounds:
(i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by
statute which render a person competent as a juror;
(ii) Relationship by consanguinity or affinity within
the third degree to either party;
(iii) Standing in the relation of debtor or creditor,
guardian or ward, master or servant, or principal or agent to
either party, or being a partner united in business with either
party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either
party;
(iv) Having served as a juror or a witness in a
previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of
action, or being then a witness therein;
(v) Interest on the part of the juror in the event or
question involved in the action, but not an interest of the
juror as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation;
(vi) Having formed or expressed an unqualified
opinion or belief as to the merits or the main question of the
action. The reading of newspaper accounts of the subject matter
before the court shall not disqualify the juror either for bias
or opinion;
(vii) The existence of a state of mind in the juror
evincing enmity or bias for either party.