Local Rule Local Criminal Rule 24: Trial Jurors

LOCAL CRIMINAL RULE 24

TRIAL JURORS

(A) Jury Lists:

(1) The entire list of names drawn to serve a division of the Court for a particular period and for a particular action or case, together with the questionnaires prepared by the jurors, may be disclosed to counsel for the parties, or to any party acting pro se, unless the Court directs otherwise. However, no juror shall be approached, either directly or through any member of his or her immediate family, in an effort to secure information concerning such juror.

(2) When the jurors report for duty at a session of Court, the Clerk shall, upon request, make available to counsel for the parties, or to any party acting pro se, a list of such jurors.

(B) Peremptory Challenges: In a criminal case where there is more than one defendant, the Court may allow each or both sides more than the usual number of peremptory challenges permitted by law upon motion made at least twenty-one (21) days before the date set for commencement of trial. Untimely motions will not be entertained.

(C) Communication With Jurors: No attorney or party litigant shall personally, or through any investigator or any other person acting for the attorney or party litigant, interview, examine, or question any juror or alternate juror with respect to the verdict or deliberations of the jury in any criminal action except on leave of Court granted upon good cause shown and upon such conditions as the Court shall fix.