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16-32-201. Selection of grand jury.
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16-32-201. Selection of grand jury.
(a)(1) The selecting, summoning, and impaneling of a grand jury shall be as prescribed by law.
(2)(A) Circuit courts to which criminal cases are assigned may call grand jurors from the jury wheel or box from which petit jurors are drawn, or the circuit judge may direct the circuit clerk to provide the minimum number of names for a separate grand jury wheel or box in the minimum number set forth in § 16-32-103(a)-(d).
(B) In the event the circuit judge directs the circuit clerk to provide the minimum number of names for a separate grand jury wheel or box, the circuit clerk shall select the names of persons whom the circuit clerk believes to be qualified from the current voter registration list or the enhanced prospective juror list authorized by § 16-32-302.
(3) In either event, when a grand jury is selected, the names of a sufficient number of persons shall be drawn from the appropriate box or wheel to provide a panel of sixteen (16) qualified grand jurors, plus a reasonable number of alternates, 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 grand jury book, and the grand jurors shall be summoned and directed to appear in the same manner as provided for petit jurors.
(5) The grand jury shall be made up of the first sixteen (16) persons summoned whose names appear as grand jurors in the jury book after the elimination of the disqualified or excused persons.
(6)(A) The remaining grand jurors whose names appear in the jury book after the elimination of disqualified or excused persons shall be considered as alternates and shall be designated in the order as they appear in the jury book to replace regular grand jurors who beco
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-32-201
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16-32-201. Selection of grand jury.
(a)(1) The selecting, summoning, and impaneling of a grand jury shall be as prescribed by law.
(2)(A) Circuit courts to which criminal cases are assigned may call grand jurors from the jury wheel or box from which petit jurors are drawn, or the circuit judge may direct the circuit clerk to provide the minimum number of names for a separate grand jury wheel or box in the minimum number set forth in § 16-32-103(a)-(d).
(B) In the event the circuit judge directs the circuit clerk to provide the minimum number of names for a separate grand jury wheel or box, the circuit clerk shall select the names of persons whom the circuit clerk believes to be qualified from the current voter registration list or the enhanced prospective juror list authorized by § 16-32-302.
(3) In either event, when a grand jury is selected, the names of a sufficient number of persons shall be drawn from the appropriate box or wheel to provide a panel of sixteen (16) qualified grand jurors, plus a reasonable number of alternates, 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 grand jury book, and the grand jurors shall be summoned and directed to appear in the same manner as provided for petit jurors.
(5) The grand jury shall be made up of the first sixteen (16) persons summoned whose names appear as grand jurors in the jury book after the elimination of the disqualified or excused persons.
(6)(A) The remaining grand jurors whose names appear in the jury book after the elimination of disqualified or excused persons shall be considered as alternates and shall be designated in the order as they appear in the jury book to replace regular grand jurors who become incapacitated or who are unavailable.
(B) Alternate grand jurors shall not be disqualified from further jury duty as provided in § 16-31-104 until they have been required to report for grand jury service during the year.
(7) Grand jurors shall serve during the calendar year in which selected unless sooner discharged by the court.
(b) The drawing and recording of grand jurors under subsection (a) of this section may be accomplished by a computerized random jury selection process.
(c) In either event, when a grand jury is selected, the names of a sufficient number of persons shall be drawn from the appropriate box or wheel to provide a panel of sixteen (16) qualified grand jurors, plus a reasonable number of alternates, after excuses from attendance have been granted to those who are entitled to be excused.
(d) As the names are drawn, they shall be recorded in the grand jury book, and the grand jurors shall be summoned and directed to appear in the same manner as provided for petit jurors.
(e) The grand jury shall be made up of the first sixteen (16) persons summoned whose names appear as grand jurors in the jury book after the elimination of the disqualified or excused persons.
(f) The remaining grand jurors whose names appear in the jury book after the elimination of disqualified or excused persons shall be considered as alternates and shall be designated in the order as they appear in the jury book to replace regular grand jurors who become incapacitated or who are unavailable. Alternate grand jurors shall not be disqualified from further jury duty as provided in § 16-31-104 until they have been required to report for grand jury service during the year.
(g) Grand jurors shall serve during the calendar year in which selected unless sooner discharged by the court.
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16-31-104. Limitations on frequency and period of service.
(a) Any person who is sworn as a member of a grand or petit jury shall be ineligible to serve on another grand or petit jury in the same county for a period of two (2) years from the date the person is excused from further jury service by the court or by operation of law.
(b) No petit juror shall be required to report for jury duty on more than ten (10) days or for more than a four-month period during the calendar year for which he or she is selected, except that any juror actually engaged in the trial of a case at the time of the expiration of the period of permitted service shall serve until the trial of the case is concluded.
(c) A summons to serve on jury duty shall include a description of the maximum periods of service under this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-31-104
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16-32-103. Master list.
(a) During the month of November or December of each year, the prospective jurors for the following calendar year shall be selected from among the current list of registered voters of the applicable district or county in the following manner:
(1) The circuit judge, in the presence of the circuit clerk, shall select at random a number between one (1) and one hundred (100), inclusive, which shall be the starting number, and the circuit court shall then select the person whose name appears on the current voter registration list in that numerical position, counting sequentially from the first name on the list;
(2) The circuit clerk shall then select the one hundredth voter registrant appearing on the list after the starting number. As an example, if the starting number is sixty-seven (67), which is the first selection, the second selection would be the one hundred sixty-seventh registered voter, the third selection would be the two hundred sixty-seventh registered voter, and so forth until the current registered voter list is exhausted; and
(3) The circuit judge and the circuit clerk shall then repeat the random selection process until the number of jurors set out in this subsection have been selected.
(b) The number of persons to be selected shall be based upon the number of qualified registered voters in the appropriate district or county as reflected by the current list of registered voters provided by the county clerk under legal requirements and, unless a larger number is designated by the circuit judge, the minimum number selected shall be as follows:
Number of Registered Voters Minimum Number of Prospective Petit Jurors Minimum Number of Prospective Grand Jurors 90,000 or more 1,200 120 16,000 to 89,999 1,000 100 10,000 to 15,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-32-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-32-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-32-302. Enhanced list of prospective jurors.
(a)(1) In order to allow for the use of the enhanced prospective juror pool, the Secretary of State shall compile and make available no later than November 1 of each year, and at other times determined by the Secretary of State, an enhanced list of prospective jurors in automated or nonautomated form, as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, for:
(A) Any circuit clerk requesting an enhanced list of prospective jurors for his or her county; and
(B) The Administrative Office of the Courts for use in its automated jury management system.
(2) Neither the enhanced list of prospective jurors nor its component parts may be released by the Secretary of State, the Administrative Office of the Courts, or any county or agency receiving the list or its component parts unless otherwise permitted by law.
(3) Unlawful release of the enhanced list of prospective jurors shall be a Class B misdemeanor.
(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall receive from the Department of Finance and Administration at mutually agreeable times each year a list of all licensed drivers and persons issued identification cards under § 27-16-805 who are citizens of the United States and sixteen (16) years of age or older.
(2) The Department of Finance and Administration, the Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Department of Health, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall assist the Secretary of State in developing a process whereby the Secretary of State will create a merged list from the voter registration list, the list of licensed drivers, and persons issued identification cards under § 27-16-805, who are citizens of the United States and who will be eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time the list is provided to the co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-32-302
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-32-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.