§612-18  [Trial jury; additional
requirements.]  (a)  If the court so orders, prospective trial jurors shall
be drawn and summoned, and further proceedings had as provided in section 612‑17.



(b)  In no case shall the trial jurors be
chosen other than by lot, nor shall the trial jury be selected from the
prospective jurors other than by lot in open court.



(c)  The names of prospective jurors to be
summoned to sit as a jury, and the contents of juror qualification forms
completed by those jurors, shall be made available to the litigants concerned.
[L 1973, c 191, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 366, §11; am L 1993, c 159, §4; am L
2007, c 122, §13]



 



Case Notes



 



  Purpose of subsection (c) is to uphold a criminal defendant's
constitutional guarantees of a presumption of innocence and an impartial jury. 
83 H. 507, 928 P.2d 1.