Florida Judicial Administration Rule 2.255
RULE 2.255. STATEWIDE GRAND JURY
(a) Procedure. The chief judge of each judicial circuit shall
cause a list of those persons whose names have been drawn and
certified for jury duty in each of the counties within that circuit to
be compiled. The lists shall be taken from the male and female
population over the age of 18 years and having the other
constitutional and statutory qualifications for jury duty in this state
not later than the last day of the first week of December of each
year. From the lists so compiled, the chief judge shall cause to be
selected, by lot and at random, and by any authorized method
including mechanical, electronic, or electrical device, a list of
prospective grand jurors from each county whose number shall be
determined on the basis of 3 jurors for each 3,000 residents or a
fraction thereof in each county. The lists from which the names are
drawn may be, but are not required to be, the same lists from which
petit and grand juries are drawn in each county and circuit. After
compilation, the statewide grand jury lists shall be submitted to the
state courts administrator not later than February 15 of each year.
(b) Population. For the purposes of this rule, the population
of each county shall be in accordance with the latest United States
Decennial Census as set forth in the Florida Statutes.
(c) Excuses.
(1) The judge appointed to preside over the statewide
grand jury may issue an order appointing the chief judge of the
judicial circuit where a prospective grand juror resides to determine
whether service on the statewide grand jury will result in an
unreasonable personal or financial hardship because of the location
or projected length of the grand jury investigation.
(2) The chief judge of the circuit shall determine
whether a prospective grand juror fails to meet the qualifications of
a juror in the county where the person resides. The determination
shall be made only for those prospective grand jurors who contact
the chief judge and request disqualification.
(3) The chief judge of the circuit shall excuse any
prospective grand juror who requests and is qualified for exemption
from grand jury service pursuant to general law, or from service as
a juror in the county where the person resides. The chief judge shall
inform the judge appointed to preside over the statewide grand jury
without delay of any determination.
(a) Procedure. The chief judge of each judicial circuit shall
cause a list of those persons whose names have been drawn and
certified for jury duty in each of the counties within that circuit to
be compiled. The lists shall be taken from the male and female
population over the age of 18 years and having the other
constitutional and statutory qualifications for jury duty in this state
not later than the last day of the first week of December of each
year. From the lists so compiled, the chief judge shall cause to be
selected, by lot and at random, and by any authorized method
including mechanical, electronic, or electrical device, a list of
prospective grand jurors from each county whose number shall be
determined on the basis of 3 jurors for each 3,000 residents or a
fraction thereof in each county. The lists from which the names are
drawn may be, but are not required to be, the same lists from which
petit and grand juries are drawn in each county and circuit. After
compilation, the statewide grand jury lists shall be submitted to the
state courts administrator not later than February 15 of each year.
(b) Population. For the purposes of this rule, the population
of each county shall be in accordance with the latest United States
Decennial Census as set forth in the Florida Statutes.
(c) Excuses.
(1) The judge appointed to preside over the statewide
grand jury may issue an order appointing the chief judge of the
judicial circuit where a prospective grand juror resides to determine
whether service on the statewide grand jury will result in an
unreasonable personal or financial hardship because of the location
or projected length of the grand jury investigation.
(2) The chief judge of the circuit shall determine
whether a prospective grand juror fails to meet the qualifications of
a juror in the county where the person resides. The determination
shall be made only for those prospective grand jurors who contact
the chief judge and request disqualification.
(3) The chief judge of the circuit shall excuse any
prospective grand juror who requests and is qualified for exemption
from grand jury service pursuant to general law, or from service as
a juror in the county where the person resides. The chief judge shall
inform the judge appointed to preside over the statewide grand jury
without delay of any determination.