§612-22  Trial jurors subject to one
year of service; one day or one trial requirement.  The persons whose names
are placed on the certified lists of prospective trial jurors filed by the
clerk shall be subject to service for one year from and after January 1 and
until the filing of new certified lists; provided that trial jurors shall serve
only one day or one trial during the year.  Prospective jurors who are
challenged at voir dire and excused, excused for cause, summoned but not called
to a courtroom, or called to a courtroom but later excused shall return to the
juror pool to await reassignment to another trial.  Prospective jurors in the
juror pool awaiting reassignment to another trial shall be discharged after it
has been determined that their services will not be needed.  Prospective jurors
who are discharged from the juror pool shall be dismissed from service for the
year; provided that prospective jurors who fail to appear as summoned may have
their names placed in the qualified jury wheel for service in the ensuing jury
year and where a request for deferment of service has been made and granted by
the court, the period of time between the first date of summons to appear and
the time that the prospective juror is next summoned for service may be tolled
and may be applied to extend the eligibility of service if the prospective
juror should not again be summoned or serve on an actual trial within the
year.  Prospective jurors who are accepted to serve on a jury shall complete
the duration of the trial and shall be dismissed from service for the year. [L
1973, c 191, pt of §1; am L 1975, c 48, §1; am L 1987, c 366, §13; am L 1988, c
181, §1; am L 1993, c 159, §5; am L 1996, c 136, §3; am L 2007, c 122, §16]