Administrative Rule 9 - JURY SELECTION PROCEDURE

Obsolete Date: 6/1/2002

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 3 of the North Dakota Constitution and Section 27-09.1-18, NDCC, the Supreme Court of North Dakota promulgates the following Administrative Rule relating to jury selection:

1. All courts conducting jury trials shall use jurors selected only pursuant to the Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act (NDCC 27-09.1) and this Administrative Rule.

2. All courts conducting jury trials shall obtain jury panels in the manner prescribed by the jury selection plan filed with the Clerk of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

3. The State Court Administrator, after consultation with the Jury Standards Committee, shall file a jury selection plan with the Clerk of the North Dakota Supreme Court. The plan shall detail the procedures to be followed in selecting and managing jurors in order to implement the policies set forth in Chapter 27-09.1 NDCC.

4. The State Court Administrator shall also file the jury selection plan with the clerk of district court of each county prior to November 1st of each even-numbered year.

Dated this 9th day of December, 1992.

Ralph J. Erickstad, Chief Justice
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
Beryl J. Levine, Justice
J. Philip Johnson, Justice

ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court

SOURCE: AR 9-1979 adopted as Emergency Rule effective August 1, 1979; readopted September 26, 1979; amended December 9, 1992.