2006 New York Code - Disqualification Of Former Jurors.



 
    §  524. Disqualification of former jurors. (a) A person who has served
  on a grand or petit jury in any court of the unified court system or  in
  a  federal  court  shall  not  be competent to serve again as a trial or
  grand juror in any court of the  unified  court  system  for  six  years
  subsequent  to the last day of such service, provided, however, that any
  person who serves on a grand or petit jury for more than ten days  shall
  not  be  competent  to  serve  again as a trial or grand juror for eight
  years subsequent to the last day of such service.
    (b) Nothing contained in  this  section  shall  invalidate  a  verdict
  returned  by  trial  jury or an indictment returned by a grand jury when
  such trial or grand jury includes one or more trial or grand jurors  not
  competent by virtue of such previous service.
    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section,
  if  the  commissioner of jurors, after consultation with and concurrence
  of the district administrative judge  or  judges,  or  in  the  counties
  within the city of New York the deputy chief administrative judge, shall
  determine that:
    (i)  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  subdivision  (a) of this
  section would be impracticable, the commissioner may reduce  the  period
  of  incompetency  for persons whose service consists of fewer than three
  days to a period of not less than two years; or
    (ii) the period of incompetency for all jurors pursuant to subdivision
  (a) of this  section  may  be  extended  without  interfering  with  the
  commissioner's  ability  to  comply  with the provisions of section five
  hundred eight of this article, the commissioner may increase the  period
  of incompetency.
    (d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the period during
  which a person shall not be competent to serve as a trial or grand juror
  pursuant to this section shall  be  one-half  the  period  specified  in
  subdivision  (a)  or  (c)  of  this  section, as appropriate, where such
  person so requests on a form to  be  provided  by  the  commissioner  of
  jurors. Such a request may be submitted at any time during the period of
  incompetency.

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