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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 372
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8-215. AUTHORIZED PROVISIONS - DISQUALIFICATION, EXCUSAL, AND EXEMPTION
OF PROSPECTIVE OR QUALIFIED JURORS AND POSTPONEMENT OF SERVICE.
THE JURY PLAN FOR A COUNTY MAY ENABLE ITS JURY COMMISSIONER,
SUBJECT TO CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE JURY PLAN AND UNDER THE OVERALL
SUPERVISION OF THE COUNTY'S JURY JUDGE, TO:
(1) DISQUALIFY PROSPECTIVE OR QUALIFIED JURORS FOR SPECIFIC
REASONS STATED IN THIS TITLE;
(2) . EXCUSE PROSPECTIVE OR QUALIFIED JURORS FOR SPECIFIC
REASONS STATED IN THIS TITLE;
(3) EXEMPT PROSPECTIVE OR QUALIFIED JURORS FOR SPECIFIC
REASONS STATED IN THIS TITLE; OR
(4) POSTPONE JURY SERVICE BY PROSPECTIVE OR QUALIFIED JURORS
FOR SPECIFIC REASONS STATED IN THIS TITLE.
COMMITTEE NOTE: This section is new language substituted for former CJ §
8-107(a) and (b), which enabled a "court" as then defined, a circuit court to
excuse jurors, and the second sentence of former CJ § 8-207(a), which
empowered only a jury judge to disqualify, excuse, or exempt jurors, to
reflect current practice whereby jury judges have delegated the power to
jury commissioners to disqualify, excuse, or exempt individuals not yet
sworn as jurors, or postpone their service, for certain reasons allowed by
law. The substitution will require that the power be stated expressly in a
jury plan and, thereby, be subject to prior approval of the Court of Appeals.
See also Md. Rule 16-106a and the administrative order of the Chief Judge
of the Court of Appeals dated November 21, 2001, as to closing of
courthouses in emergencies.
As to a jury judge, see revised CJ § 8-204.
As to "county", see Art. 1, § 14 of the Code.
Defined terms: "Jury commissioner" § 8-101
"Jury plan" § 8-101
"Prospective juror" § 8-101
"Qualified juror" § 8-101
8-216. AUTHORIZED PROVISIONS - FREQUENCY OF SERVICE.
A JURY PLAN MAY PROVIDE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMIT ON
FREQUENCY OF TRIAL JURY SERVICE IN § 8-310(C)(2) OF THIS TITLE, AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO SERVES ON A TRIAL JURY FOR FEWER THAN 5 DAYS IN A 3-YEAR PERIOD MAY
BE SUMMONED FOR JURY SERVICE AFTER 1 YEAR
COMMITTEE NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former CJ § 8-209(c).
The word "trial" is substituted for the former word "petit", in accordance
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