Ch. 11                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

The error was noted by the Administrative Office of
the Courts, of Maryland.

8-202.

Among other things, the juror selection plan referred to in
§ 8-201 shall:

(1) Either designate a jury commissioner, or
authorize the clerk of the court, to manage the jury selection
process. If a jury commissioner is designated, the manner of his
appointment shall be established by the plan and his compensation
set by law. The clerk or the jury commissioner, shall act under
the supervision and control of a jury judge who is the
administrative judge or another judge of the circuit court of the
county as provided by the plan;

(2) Specify detailed procedures to be followed by the
jury commissioner or clerk in selecting names from the voter
registration lists or from other sources as are necessary to
carry out the policy of §§ 8-102 and 8-103 of this title. These
procedures shall be designed to assure the random selection of a
fair cross section of the citizens of the State who reside in the
county where the court convenes.

(i) Persons selected to be mailed juror
qualification forms under § 8-206 of this title may be obtained
by a random selection process that provides the names directly
from the source list, as provided for in § 8-204 of this title,
if a properly programmed electronic data processing system or
device is used. The source list used for this selection process
shall be the most recent available.

(ii) If the method outlined in [paragraph (1)
of this section] PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBSECTION is not used, a
master jury wheel or a device similar in purpose and function
such as an electronic data processing system or device may be
used. The plan shall specify a minimum number of names, selected
at random, to be placed initially in the master jury wheel, which
shall be at least 1/2 of 1 percent of the total number of persons
on the lists used as sources of names for the county; but. if this'
number of names is cumbersome and unnecessary, or inadequate, the
plan may fix a smaller or larger number of names to be placed in
the master wheel. In all cases the number shall be at least 200.
The jury judge may order additional names, selected at random, to
be placed in the master jury wheel as he considers necessary.
The plan shall provide for periodic emptying and refilling of the
master jury wheel at specified times and shall assure that this
periodic refilling places in the master jury wheel names from
voter registration lists used in the general election preceding
the time of refilling;

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