CHAPTER 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act [190. - 242.]

Chapter 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1245, Sec. 2.

§§ 190–242 · 51 sections

§ 190 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act.
§ 191 The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right, and that jury service is an obligation of citizenship. It is the policy of…
§ 192 This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and the formation of trial juries, for both civil and criminal cases, in all trial courts of the state.
§ 193 Juries are of three kinds: (a) Grand juries established pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 888) of Part 2 of the Penal Code. (b) Trial juries. (c)…
§ 194 The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “County” means any county or any coterminous city and county. (b) “Court” means a…
§ 195 (a) In each county, there shall be one jury commissioner who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, a majority of the judges of the superior…
§ 196 (a) The jury commissioner or the court shall inquire as to the qualifications of persons on the master list or source list who are or may be summoned for jury…
§ 197 (a) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population…
§ 198 (a) Random selection shall be utilized in creating master and qualified juror lists, commencing with selection from source lists, and continuing through…
§ 198.5 If sessions of the superior court are held in a location other than the county seat, the names for master jury lists and qualified jury lists to serve in a…
§ 201 In any superior court, a separate trial jury panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled for each judge, or any one panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled…
§ 202 Mechanical, electric, or electronic equipment, which in the opinion of the jury commissioner is satisfactory therefor, may be used in the performance of any…
§ 203 (a) All persons are eligible and qualified to be prospective trial jurors, except the following: (1) Persons who are not citizens of the United States. (2)…
§ 204 (a) No eligible person shall be exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of occupation, economic status, or any characteristic listed or defined in…
§ 205 (a) If a jury commissioner requires a person to complete a questionnaire, the questionnaire shall ask only questions related to juror identification,…
§ 206 (a) Prior to discharging the jury from the case, the judge in a criminal action shall inform the jurors that they have an absolute right to discuss or not to…
§ 207 (a) The jury commissioner shall maintain records regarding selection, qualification, and assignment of prospective jurors. (b) The jury commissioner shall…
§ 208 The jury commissioner shall estimate the number of prospective jurors that may be required to serve the needs of the court, and shall summon prospective jurors…
§ 209 (a) Any prospective trial juror who has been summoned for service, and who fails to attend as directed or to respond to the court or jury commissioner and to…
§ 210 The summons shall contain the date, time, and place of appearance required of the prospective juror or, alternatively, instructions as to the procedure for…
§ 210.5 The Judicial Council shall adopt a standardized jury summons for use, with appropriate modifications, around the state, that is understandable and has consumer…
§ 211 When a court has no prospective jurors remaining available for voir dire from panels furnished by, or available from, the jury commissioner, and finds that not…
§ 213 Unless excused by reason of undue hardship, all or any portion of the summoned prospective jurors shall be available on one-hour notice by telephone to appear…
§ 214 The jury commissioner shall provide orientation for new jurors, which shall include necessary basic information concerning jury service. The jury commissioner…
§ 215 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2000, the fee for jurors in the superior court, in civil and criminal cases, is fifteen dollars…
§ 216 (a) At each court facility where jury cases are heard, the court shall provide a deliberation room or rooms for use of jurors when they have retired for…
§ 217 In criminal cases only, while the jury is kept together, either during the progress of the trial or after their retirement for deliberation, the court may…
§ 218 The jury commissioner shall hear the excuses of jurors summoned, in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Judicial Council. It shall be left to the…
§ 219 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury commissioner shall randomly select jurors for jury panels to be sent to courtrooms for voir dire. (b) (1)…
§ 219.5 The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court, on or before January 1, 2005, requiring the trial courts to establish procedures for jury service that gives…
§ 220 A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of 12 or any number less than 12, upon which…
§ 222 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an action is called for trial by jury, the clerk shall randomly select the names of the jurors for voir dire,…
§ 222.5 (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a civil jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. At the final status…
§ 223 (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a criminal jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. At the first…
§ 224 (a) If a party does not cause the removal by challenge of an individual juror who is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or speech impaired and…
§ 225 A challenge is an objection made to the trial jurors that may be taken by any party to the action, and is of the following classes and types: (a) A challenge…
§ 226 (a) A challenge to an individual juror may only be made before the jury is sworn. (b) A challenge to an individual juror may be taken orally or may be made in…
§ 227 The challenges of either party for cause need not all be taken at once, but they may be taken separately, in the following order, including in each challenge…
§ 228 Challenges for general disqualification may be taken on one or both of the following grounds, and for no other: (a) A want of any of the qualifications…
§ 229 A challenge for implied bias may be taken for one or more of the following causes, and for no other: (a) Consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree to…
§ 230 Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness in the trial of the challenge, and…
§ 231 (a) In criminal cases, if the offense charged is punishable with death, or with imprisonment in the state prison for life, the defendant is entitled to 20 and…
§ 231.5 A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of…
§ 231.7 (a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective juror’s race, ethnicity, gender, gender…
§ 232 (a) Prior to the examination of prospective trial jurors in the panel assigned for voir dire, the following perjury acknowledgment and agreement shall be…
§ 233 If, before the jury has returned its verdict to the court, a juror becomes sick or, upon other good cause shown to the court, is found to be unable to perform…
§ 234 Whenever, in the opinion of a judge of a superior court about to try a civil or criminal action or proceeding, the trial is likely to be a protracted one, or…
§ 235 At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, the jury commissioner shall provide such prospective jurors as may be required to form a…
§ 236 When six or more prospective jurors of inquest attend, they shall be sworn by the coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where, and by what means the…
§ 237 (a) (1) The names of qualified jurors drawn from the qualified juror list for the superior court shall be made available to the public upon request unless the…
§ 242 (a) Following the receipt of a verdict and before discharging the jury in a criminal action or proceeding alleging a violent felony, the court shall provide…