§612-7  Excused when, for cause.  A
prospective juror shall not be excused by a court for slight or trivial cause,
but only when it appears that jury duty would entail a serious personal
hardship, or that for other good cause the prospective juror should be
excused either temporarily or otherwise. [L 1973, c 191, pt of §1; gen ch 1985;
am L 2007, c 122, §4]



 



Case Notes



 



  Order excusing a juror from further duty is in the discretion
of the court and cannot be reversed by mandamus.  13 H. 332; 21 H. 66.



  Where prospective juror was prosecutor currently employed by
same office as prosecutor trying the defendant, court shall imply bias as a
matter of law and dismiss prospective juror for cause.  86 H. 195, 948 P.2d
1036.



  Blood relationship between juror's and defendant's families
was not "slight or trivial cause"; thus, it was within court's
discretion to excuse juror for cause.  93 H. 344 (App.), 3 P.3d 510.