Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 09.20.010 (2026)
Qualification of jurors; interpreters
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Sec. 09.20.010. Qualification of jurors; interpreters.
(a) A person is qualified to act as a juror if the person is
(1) a citizen of the United States;
(2) a resident of the state;
(3) at least 18 years of age;
(4) of sound mind;
(5) in possession of the person's natural faculties; and
(6) able to read or speak the English language.
(b) A person is not disqualified from serving as a juror solely because of the loss of hearing or sight in any degree or a disability that substantially impairs or interferes with the person's mobility.
(c) The court shall provide, and pay the cost of services of, an interpreter or reader when necessary to enable a person with impaired hearing or sight to act as a juror.
(a) A person is qualified to act as a juror if the person is
(1) a citizen of the United States;
(2) a resident of the state;
(3) at least 18 years of age;
(4) of sound mind;
(5) in possession of the person's natural faculties; and
(6) able to read or speak the English language.
(b) A person is not disqualified from serving as a juror solely because of the loss of hearing or sight in any degree or a disability that substantially impairs or interferes with the person's mobility.
(c) The court shall provide, and pay the cost of services of, an interpreter or reader when necessary to enable a person with impaired hearing or sight to act as a juror.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–2019 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). “Code § 12-16-60 (a)(1) (West 1995) Alaska 18 Alaska Stat. § 09.20.010 (a)(3) (Lexis 2004) Arizona 18 Ariz.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). “Code § 12-16-60 (a)(1) (1986) Alaska Alaska Stat. Ann. § 09.20.010 (a)(3) (Supp.”
James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). “2 At eighteen, a person is mature enough to sit in judgment of his or her fellow citizens on a jury in all but five states.”
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