2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §21-322  Order for drawing array or panel; number drawn

A. Within a reasonable time before either a grand jury or trial jury panel is required to be in attendance upon the court, the court shall order the jury commissioner or the jury commissioner's agent to draw the names of qualified jurors and shall specify the number of names to be drawn.

B. If the order is to form a grand jury the order shall specify the number of jurors to constitute the grand jury. The grand jury shall consist of not less than twelve nor more than sixteen persons, nine of whom shall constitute a quorum for all proceedings before it and a minimum of four persons shall be drawn as alternate grand jurors. The presiding judge of the superior court shall determine the number of alternate grand jurors. The order shall also provide for summoning the number of prospective jurors as the court deems necessary to insure the qualification of the number of grand jurors and alternate grand jurors required by the order. If the order is to form a trial jury panel, the number shall be as the court directs in its order.

C. The order shall state the time at which the qualified prospective grand or trial jurors shall be in attendance.