New Hampshire Revised Statutes 606:3 – Challenges; Defendant
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Every person arraigned and put on trial for an offense may, in addition to challenges for cause or unless he stands wilfully mute, peremptorily challenge:
I. 20 jurors for capital murder.
II. 15 jurors for murder in the first degree.
III. 3 jurors in any other case.
I. 20 jurors for capital murder.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 606:3
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
II. 15 jurors for murder in the first degree.
III. 3 jurors in any other case.