Rule 7.02 Jury Wheel or Jury Box

Here's a plain English summary of this rule:

Courts in West Virginia keep a pool of names to pick jurors from, called a jury wheel or jury box. This rule explains what can go into that pool.

Courts have two choices. They can put every single name from the master list into the jury wheel or box. Or they can take a smaller group of names, picked at random, from that master list instead. Either way, the goal is to make sure jury selection stays fair and random, whether the court uses the whole list or just a portion of it.

For people involved in a case, this means jurors are chosen through a random process, not handpicked by anyone. Whether the court uses a large pool or a smaller random sample, the method is designed to give everyone on the master list a fair chance of being called for jury duty.