12-16-70
Section 12-16-70 Names of prospective jurors provided from master jury list; preparation of
list; summons. When jurors, grand or petit, are needed for court, the judge, or where there
are more than one, then any one of the judges of the court, shall at a time within his or
her discretion, but at least 20 days prior to the date on which the prospective jurors are
to serve, draw or cause to be provided from the master jury list compiled pursuant to Rule
40, Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, the names of prospective jurors in a number
the judge deems sufficient to obtain the juries needed for the period for which the names
are drawn; provided, however, if prior to the date of service, it appears that an insufficient
number of prospective jurors summoned will be available to constitute the juries for the period
for which they were summoned, the court shall cause the names of additional prospective jurors
to be provided and to be summoned for service forthwith. The names so provided...
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12-16-145
Section 12-16-145 Alternate juror selection and qualification plan; master list; random selection;
disqualification. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 12, Chapter 16, the presiding circuit
judge, with the consent of the circuit judges of the court, may elect to utilize the following
alternate juror selection and qualification plan after notice to the Administrative Director
of Courts, which eliminates the master jury box and the interposition of the jury commission
in the qualifying process, and embraces and combines the qualification and summoning process,
as follows: The jury commission shall meet and cause to be compiled and maintained a master
list of persons in the county, together with their residence addresses, who may be called
for jury service. The list shall be compiled and maintained, avoiding duplication as far as
possible, from one or more of the sources named in Section 12-16-57 to include persons whose
listings will foster the policy and protect the rights provided...
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12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally.
(a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon
the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital
felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be
compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74.
In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective
basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof
given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court,
the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and
his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand.
After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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12-16-60
Section 12-16-60 Qualifications of jurors. (a) A prospective juror is qualified to serve on
a jury if the juror is generally reputed to be honest and intelligent and is esteemed in the
community for integrity, good character and sound judgment and also: (1) Is a citizen of the
United States, has been a resident of the county for more than 12 months and is over the age
of 19 years; (2) Is able to read, speak, understand and follow instructions given by a judge
in the English language; (3) Is capable by reason of physical and mental ability to render
satisfactory jury service, and is not afflicted with any permanent disease or physical weakness
whereby the juror is unfit to discharge the duties of a juror; (4) Has not lost the right
to vote by conviction for any offense involving moral turpitude. (b) The jury commission shall
determine, on the basis of information provided on the jury qualification form or interviews
with the prospective juror or other competent evidence: (1) If the...
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12-16-76
Section 12-16-76 Insufficient number of qualified jurors to form juries. Whenever there are
not enough qualified jurors in attendance upon the court to form the juries required, the
judge of the court shall cause to be provided from the master jury list names of as many prospective
jurors as the judge deems necessary to complete the empaneling of all juries then required.
The court shall forthwith cause to be summoned all prospective jurors thus drawn to attend
court when required, and they may be summoned by personal service or by telephone. The court
shall then proceed to empanel or complete the empaneling of the juries as provided in this
article. If, prior to commencement of striking, due to challenges for cause or for any other
reason, the number of names on the lists from which the parties are to strike is reduced below
the minimums established in Rule 18.4, Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, in criminal cases
or Rule 47, Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in civil cases, unless...
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12-16-59
Section 12-16-59 Drawings from master jury box; preparation and contents of juror qualification
forms; completion of qualification forms by prospective jurors; misrepresentation of material
facts on qualification forms. (a) From time to time and in a manner prescribed by the circuit
court, the jury commission shall publicly draw at random from the master jury box the names
or identifying numbers of as many prospective jurors as the court orders. Neither the names
drawn nor any list thereof shall be disclosed to any person other than pursuant to this article
or specific order of the court. The jury commission shall mail to every prospective juror
whose name is drawn from the master jury box a juror qualification form accompanied by instructions
to fill out and return the form to the jury commission within 10 days after its receipt. (b)
The juror qualification form shall be prepared by the Supreme Court of Alabama and shall elicit
the name, age and address of the prospective juror, and...
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12-16-58
Section 12-16-58 Placement of names of prospective jurors in master jury box. (a) The name
or identifying number of every prospective juror whose name is drawn from the master list
pursuant to subsection (b) shall be set forth on a card and placed in the master jury box
as provided in this section. (b) The number of names or identifying numbers to be placed in
the master jury box shall be a minimum of 1,000 plus one percent of the total number of names
on the master list. From time to time names or identifying numbers of additional prospective
jurors may be placed in the master jury box as determined by the jury commission or ordered
by the circuit court. The master jury box shall be emptied and refilled by December 31 of
each even numbered year. (c) The names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors which
shall be placed in the master jury box shall be selected by the jury commission at random
from the master list as follows: The total number of names on the master list shall be...

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12-16-74
Section 12-16-74 Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling
of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire
list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service
as jurors and whose service has not been previously excused or postponed. The court may hear
any excuses not previously heard and shall pass upon the qualifications of those in attendance
for grand jury service. The court may in any case, including capital cases, excuse or postpone
the service of any prospective juror outside the presence of the parties and their counsel
in accordance with the provisions for excusal contained in Section 12-16-63. If a grand jury
is to be empaneled, the court shall draw from the venire list on a random basis the names
of 18 persons qualified and in attendance who shall be sworn and empaneled as the grand jury.
If a petit jury is also to be empaneled, all qualified persons...
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12-16-44
Section 12-16-44 Preparation, etc., of separate jury rolls and boxes for courts of territorial
subdivisions of counties. Whenever a court requiring grand and petit juries or petit juries
is established for and held in a territorial subdivision of the county, the jury commission
shall make and keep a separate roll and make a separate box for that court and territorial
subdivision, on which roll and in which box only the names of jurors residing in that territory
shall be placed, which box shall be kept by the clerk of said court and the key thereof by
the judge of said court, and all jurors for that court shall be drawn by the judge of said
court as provided in this article from the separate jury box provided under this section and
shall be summoned as provided by law for summoning jurors otherwise drawn. The names of jurors
whose names are required to be placed on the roll and in the box provided for in this section
shall not be placed on any other roll nor in any other box nor shall...
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12-16-78
Section 12-16-78 Drawing of names from jury box for juries in probate court; summoning and
drawing of jurors; certification to jury commission of names of persons disqualified, exempt
and empaneled. Whenever a jury is required to try any issue in a probate court of the county,
other than inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness, the probate judge shall procure
the jury box and key thereto and shall draw from the jury box as many names as he may think
necessary, in no case less than 24, and shall immediately return the key and box to the proper
custodian thereof respectively. After each name is drawn, it shall not be returned to the
jury box and there shall be no selection of names, and the probate judge shall make and file
a record of the drawing and issue an order to the sheriff requiring him to summon the jurors,
and the probate judge shall draw the juries in the manner provided by this article, and the
judge shall call the names of those disqualified and exempt and those...
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