78B-1-107. Master prospective jury list — Juror qualification form — Content.
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When a jury trial is anticipated, the jury clerk shall obtain from the master jury list the number of prospective jurors necessary to qualify jurors to empanel a jury in that case. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-1-107
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Jury: means a body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular county invested with the power to present and indict a person for a public offense or to try a question of fact. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
- Master jury list: means the source lists as prescribed by the Judicial Council under Section 78B-1-106. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Prospective jury list: means the list of prospective jurors whose names are drawn at random from the master jury list and are determined to be qualified to serve as jurors. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."
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Prospective jurors shall be randomly selected from the county in which the trial will be held. A prospective juror shall remain on the prospective jury list until there is no longer a need to empanel a jury in that case. |
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The Judicial Council shall by rule govern the process for the qualification of jurors and the selection of qualified jurors for voir dire. |
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The process shall gather the following from a prospective juror:
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confirmation of the prospective juror’s name, address, email address, and daytime telephone number; |
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information on whether the prospective juror is competent under statute to serve as a juror; and |
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the prospective juror’s declaration that the responses to the requests for information are true to the best of the person‘s knowledge. |
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Amended by Chapter 115, 2017 General Session
