State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-hampshire > TITLELIX > CHAPTER606 > 606-3Every 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.
Source. RS 225:5. CS 240:7. 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9. 1919, 40:1. PL 368:11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3. 1974, 34:5. 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
