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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12-16-34
Section 12-16-34 Compensation of members. (a) Upon written order of the presiding circuit judge or his designee, the jury commission shall meet on such days as are required to replenish the number of names in the trial court jury box and to perform such other necessary duties as are related thereto. Each member of the jury commission shall be paid the sum of $10.00 for each day he is actually engaged in the discharge of his duties pursuant to the order of the presiding circuit judge. The president of each jury commission shall submit all claims for compensation for its members along with a copy of the order of the presiding circuit judge to the Administrative Director of Courts. Claims shall be submitted on such forms as may be prescribed by the Administrative Director of Courts, and, if approved, shall be processed and paid by the state. (b) The compensation of each member of the commission shall not exceed for any year of his term the following amounts: (1) In counties of 25,000...
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12-16-48
Section 12-16-48 Certification to commission by court clerks of names of persons found disqualified or exempt from jury service; entry of notation on jury roll by clerk of commission. The clerks of the several courts shall also certify to the jury commission the names of all persons who have been found by the court to be disqualified or exempt, which fact shall be noted opposite their respective names on the jury roll. (Acts 1939, No. 59, p. 86; Code 1940, T. 30, §28.)...
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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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12-15-129
Section 12-15-129 Conduct of hearings generally. All hearings pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted by the juvenile court without a jury and separate from other proceedings. The general public shall be excluded from delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency hearings and only the parties, their counsel, witnesses, and other persons requested by a party shall be admitted. Other persons as the juvenile court finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the juvenile court may be admitted by the juvenile court on condition that the persons refrain from divulging any information which would identify the child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court or family involved. If the juvenile court finds that it is in the best interests of the child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the child may be temporarily excluded from the hearings, except while allegations of delinquency or in need of supervision are being heard. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,...
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12-16-47
Section 12-16-47 Certification to commission by court clerks of names of persons empaneled on juries; entry of notation on jury roll by clerk of commission. The clerks of the several courts in which juries are empaneled shall, from time to time as the juries are empaneled, certify to the jury commission the names of all persons so empaneled, and the clerk of the commission, under the direction of the commission shall note opposite the names of such persons on the jury roll the date on which and the court in which they were empaneled. (Acts 1939, No. 59, p. 86; Code 1940, T. 30, §27.)...
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12-16-64
Section 12-16-64 Preservation of records. All records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury commission in connection with the selection and service of jurors shall be preserved by the jury commission for four years after the master jury box used in their selection is emptied and refilled and for any longer period ordered by the court. (Acts 1978, No. 594, p. 712, §10.)...
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12-16-75
Section 12-16-75 Duration of service; summons for subsequent service. (a) Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge. (b) A juror who has served on a petit jury in this state shall not be summoned to serve again as a petit juror in any court of this state for 24 months following the last day of service. (Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)...
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12-16-146
Section 12-16-146 Use of mechanical or electronic data processing equipment for selecting, qualifying, etc., juries. Any of the procedures established in Title 12, Chapter 16, governing the selecting, qualifying, drawing, summoning, and empaneling of juries (including but not limited to any one or all of the following procedures: compilation and maintenance of the master list; the combined qualification and summoning process; the selection and maintenance of the trial court jury box, including the preparation and issuance of qualification questionnaires; the drawing from the trial court jury box; the preparation of the venire list and summons; or the compilation of the master or other strike lists) may be accomplished and maintained by mechanical or electronic data processing equipment available to an individual county or to several counties, or centralized for all the counties or any combination thereof after written notice to the Administrative Director of Courts. The actual presence...
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