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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 372
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(1) SUMMONS QUALIFIED JURORS IN THE NUMBER NEEDED; AND
(2) HAVE THE SUMMONS SERVED AS THE JURY PLAN REQUIRES.
(B) ADDRESS.
A JURY COMMISSIONER SHALL ADDRESS MAIL TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S USUAL
BUSINESS OR RESIDENT ADDRESS.
(C) INSTRUCTION WITH JUROR QUALIFICATION FORM.
A SUMMONS SENT TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A JUROR QUALIFICATION FORM
SHALL INSTRUCT THE INDIVIDUAL TO REPORT FOR JURY SERVICE UNLESS A JURY
COMMISSIONER INSTRUCTS OTHERWISE.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsections (a)(1) and (b) of this section are new language
derived from the first and third sentences of former CJ § 8-208(b).
Subsection (a)(2) of this section is new language substituted for the second
sentence of former CJ § 8-208(b), which required service "personally, by
certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the
United States Postal Service, or by first-class mail", to accommodate
alternative forms of delivery. Accordingly, in subsection (c) of this section,
the word "sent" is substituted for the former word "mailed".
Subsection (c) of this section is new language derived from former CJ §
8-208.1(b) and revised to clarify that the instruction is to be included on a
summons.
In the introductory language of subsection (a) of this section, reference to a
"trial" jury is substituted for the former reference to a "petit" jury, in
accordance with the council on jury use and management's preference for
language more understandable to the public.
Also in the introductory language of subsection (a) of this section, the
former reference to a "clerk" is deleted as unnecessary in light of the newly
defined term "jury commissioner".
In subsection (a)(1) of this section, reference to "qualified jurors in the
number needed" is substituted for the former reference to "each person
drawn for jury service", for brevity and consistency with the requirement
for allocation of qualified jurors see revised CJ § 8-209 and the
responsibility, under revised CJ § 8-310(a), to determine the needed
number.
Subsection (b) of this section is revised in the active voice to state expressly
that the duty to address a summons properly is a jury commissioner's.
Former CJ § 8-208(c), which provided for summoning additional jurors by
a sheriff, is deleted as obsolete.
Defined terms: "Jury commissioner" § 8-101
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