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THE NATURE OF THE INFIRMITY;

(5)   HAS A CHARGE PENDING AGAINST HIM FOR A
CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF $500 OR MORE, OR BY
IMPRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH, OR HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF SUCH A CRIME AND HAS RECEIVED A
SENTENCE OF A FINE OF $500 OR MORE, OR OF IMPRISONMENT
FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH, AND HAS NOT BEEN
PARDONED;

(6)   HAS A CHARGE PENDING AGAINST HIM FOR, OR
HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF, AN OFFENSE PUNISHABLE UNDER THE
PROVISION OF §8-401(C) OF THIS TITLE;

(7)   IS A PARTY IN A CIVIL SUIT PENDING IN
THE COURT IN WHICH HE IS CALLED TO SERVE;

(8)   IS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE; OR

(9)    FAILS TO MEET ANY OTHER OBJECTIVE TEST
PRESCRIBED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 51, §6, as amended by Ch. 651, H.B. 299,
Acts of 1973. The reference to Baltimore
City in subsection (b), is proposed for
deletion. Art. 1, §14 defines county to
include Baltimore City. The only other
changes made are in style.

SEC. 8-208. SELECTION AND SUMMONING OF PETIT AND
GRAND JURY PANELS; SHORTAGE OF PETIT JURORS.

(A) QUALIFIED JURY WHEEL; DRAWING OF NAMES.

THE JURY COMMISSIONER, OR THE CLERK, SHALL
MAINTAIN A QUALIFIED JURY WHEEL (OR A DEVICE SIMILAR
IN PURPOSE AND FUNCTION, INCLUDING A PROPERLY
PROGRAMMED ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM OR
DEVICE) AND PLACE IN THIS WHEEL THE NAMES OF ALL
PERSONS DRAWN FROM THE MASTER JURY WHEEL WHO ARE
DETERMINED TO BE QUALIFIED AS JURORS UNDER §8-207 AND
NOT EXEMPT UNDER §8-209 OR EXCUSED UNDER §8-210.

(1) WHEN NECESSARY, THE JURY COMMISSIONER OR
THE CLERK SHALL PUBLICLY DRAW AT RANDOM FROM THE
QUALIFIED JURY WHEEL THE NUMBER OF NAMES REQUIRED FOR
ASSIGNMENT TO THE PETIT JURY PANELS AND ASSIGN THOSE
WHOSE NAMES ARE DRAWN TO THE PETIT JURY PANELS AT
RANDOM;