AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES 15(B), 1665 (Alaska 4-15-2008)
Order No. 1665.Supreme Court of Alaska.
January 9, 2008, April 15, 2008.
IT IS ORDERED:
Administrative Rules 15(b) and (k) are amended to read as follows:
Rule 15. Jurors — Predetermination of Qualifications — Service ofSummons — Selection of Juror Panel — Periods of Jury Service.
(a) Administration.
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(b) Master Jury List.
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(2) The administrative director will divide the statewide master list into local master jury lists for each court location. A court location’s local master jury list will include the names of all prospective jurors who live in the community and other areas assigned to that court for jury selection purposes. Communities and other areas will be assigned to court locations for the purposes of jury selection according to the following criteria:
(i) Each court location will be assigned its own community and all non-court locations with aPage 2
50 mile radius of that court except as provided in (ii) and (iii) below.
(ii) If a non-court location is within the 50 mile radius of two or more court locations, that non-court location will be assigned to that court in the same venue district.
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(k) Term of Service.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by the administrative director, a juror’s term of service is based upon the size of the court’s local master jury list as defined in section (b) of this rule. The maximum term of service and maximum length of actual service, unless extended under paragraph (6) of this subsection, are shown below:
(2) “Term of service” begins the date the juror first appears in court or calls the court as ordered on a summons, unless the term of service is deferred at the request of the prospective juror.
(3) “Service” starts the first day the juror reports to a court for jury service.
(4) If the commencement of a prospective juror’s term of service is deferred to a later date at the juror’s request, his or her term of service shall commence on the date to which he or she is deferred. If after beginning a term of service a prospective juror requests a deferral, the court may defer the remaining portion of the term of service.
(5) After a person completes his or her term of service, that person shall not be required to serve as a juror within one year after the last day of actual court attendance.
(6) A juror who commences sitting in a trial within the term of service shall continue to serve in that matter until discharged by the trial judge.
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IT IS ORDERED:
Administrative Rules 15(b) and (k) are amended to read as follows:
Rule 15. Jurors — Predetermination of Qualifications — Service ofSummons — Selection of Juror Panel — Periods of Jury Service. (a)Administration.
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(b) Master Jury List.
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(2) The administrative director will divide the statewide master list into local master jury lists for each court location. A court location’s local master jury list will include the names of all prospective jurors who live in the community and other areas assigned to that court for jury selection purposes. Communities and other areas will be assigned to court locations for the purposes of jury selection according to the following criteria:
(i) Each court location will be assigned its own community and all non-court locations with aPage 2
50 mile radius of that court except as provided in (ii) and (iii) below.
(ii) If a non-court location is within the 50 mile radius of two or more court locations, that non-court location will be assigned to that court in the same senate venue district. If both court locations are inthe same senate district, then the presiding judge will assign thatnon-court location to the court location deemed most appropriate.
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(k) Term of Service.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by the administrative director, a juror’s term of service is based upon the size of the court’s local master jury list as defined in section (b) of this rule. The maximum term of service and maximum length of actual service, unless extended underparagraph (6) of this subsection, are shown below:
(2) “Term of service” begins the date the juror first appears in court or calls the court as ordered on a summons, unless the term of service is deferred at the request of the prospective juror.
(3) “Service” starts the first day the juror is paid reports to acourt for jury service.
(4) If the commencement of a prospective juror’s term of service is deferred to a later date at the juror’s request, his or her term of service shall commence on the date to which he or she is deferred. If after beginning a term of service a prospective juror requests a deferral, the court may defer the remaining portion of the term of service.
(5) After a person completes his or her term of service, that person shall not be required to serve as a juror within one year after the last day of actual court attendance for which he or she was paid.
(6) A juror who commences sitting in a trial within the term of service shall continue to serve in that matter until discharged by the trial judge.Page 1