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S.B. 796
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VETOES
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(1) AT EACH INTERVAL SET IN A JURY PLAN FOR A COUNTY, ITS JURY
COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE NAMES OF QUALIFIED JURORS SELECTED IN THE
NUMBER THAT THE JURY COMMISSIONER DECIDES WILL SATISFY THE NEEDS FOR
JURY SERVICE DURING THE INTERVAL.
(2) SUBJECT TO § 8-421 OF THIS TITLE, A JURY COMMISSIONER SHALL
HAVE ENOUGH NAMES SELECTED TO ALLOW PARTIES TO MAKE PEREMPTORY
CHALLENGES AS ALLOWED UNDER THIS TITLE OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE
MARYLAND RULES.
(B) POOL.
NAMES SELECTED UNDER THIS SECTION CONSTITUTE A QUALIFIED JUROR
POOL.
(C) ALLOCATION BETWEEN GRAND AND TRIAL JURIES.
(1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, A JURY
COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOCATE NAMES FROM THE QUALIFIED JUROR POOL TO
GRAND AND TRIAL JURIES AS THE JURY PLAN PROVIDES.
(2) EXCEPT AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE SERVICE IN A PARTICULAR CASE
OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN A JURY PLAN, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE
REQUIRED, IN ANY 3-YEAR PERIOD, TO SERVE OR ATTEND COURT FOR PROSPECTIVE
SERVICE AS A TRIAL JUROR MORE THAN ONCE.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsection (a)(1) of this section is new language derived
from former CJ § 8-208(a)(1), except for the reference to names, and (2)
and (3), except as to assignment to a grand or trial jury, and revised to
clarify the decision as to the number of jury commissioners.
Subsection (a)(2) of this section is new language derived without
substantive change from former CJ § 8-301(e).
Subsection (b) of this section is new and added to distinguish this pool from
the source and prospective juror pools.
Subsection (c)(1) of this section is new language substituted for former CJ
§ 8-208(a)(2) and (3), as to assignment to a grand or trial jury, in light of
former CJ § 8-202(4) now revised CJ § 8-209.
Subsection (c)(2) of this section is new language derived without
substantive change from former CJ § 8-209(b)(1).
In subsection (a)(1) of this section, reference to "each interval set in a jury
plan" is substituted for the former requirement "[w]hen necessary", for
consistency with former CJ § 8-202(2)(ii) now revised CJ § 8-207(a).
Also in subsection (a)(1) of this section, reference to having names "of
qualified jurors selected" is substituted for the former duty to "publicly
draw" from the "qualified jury wheel", in light of the use of computers.
Also in subsection (a)(1) of this section, the former phrase "at random" is
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