2019 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 25 - COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE
25-1631.03 Petit jury; examination by judge; excess jurors.
25-1631.03. Petit jury; examination by judge; excess jurors.
The judge shall examine all jurors so selected who appear and if, after all excuses have been allowed more than twenty-four petit jurors for each judge sitting with a jury, who are qualified and not excluded by the terms of section 25-1601, shall remain, the court may excuse by lot such number in excess of twenty-four as the court may see fit. Those jurors who have been discharged in excess of twenty-four for each judge, but are qualified, shall not be discharged permanently, but shall remain subject to be resummoned for jury service upon the same panel and before a new key number is selected.
Source
- Laws 1915, c. 248, § 7, p. 570;
- C.S.1922, § 9101;
- C.S.1929, § 20-1631;
- Laws 1939, c. 18, § 16, p. 107;
- C.S.Supp.,1941, § 20-1631;
- R.S.1943, § 25-1631;
- Laws 1953, c. 72, § 10(4), p. 231;
- Laws 1979, LB 234, § 10.
Annotations
Objection to jury panel on ground there were not 24 jurors for each judge was not sustained. Bell v. State, 159 Neb. 474, 67 N.W.2d 762 (1954).
