Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 2-201 (2026)

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This act may be cited as the "Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1941–2000 · leading case: State v. Padilla, 620 P.2d 286 (Idaho 1980).
State v. Padilla, 620 P.2d 286 (Idaho 1980). · cites it 4× “Defendant's statutory challenge to the jury selection is based on the Idaho Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act, I.C. §§ 2-201 to -221. Padilla asserts that the trial judge did not make full use of various lists from which a jury venire may be drawn as required by I.”
State v. Pontier, 518 P.2d 969 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 4× “Appellant contends that since he was 32 years of age on the date of trial, and the average age of the jury panel selected to try appellant was 47 years of age, that he was denied due process of law and the right to be tried by an impartial jury.”
State v. Silcox, 650 P.2d 625 (Idaho 1982). · cites it 4× “The defendant filed a motion for an order staying the proceedings and an order dismissing the information on the grounds that there had been a substantial failure to comply with the Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act (I.C. § 2-201 et seq. ) in selecting the jury for the…”
State v. Gerhardt, 549 P.2d 262 (Idaho 1976). · cites it 2× “” They argue that since all the appellants are of Spanish-American or Chicano backgrounds a jury that did not include persons with a similar ethnic background could not be impartial as required by the Sixth Amendment.”
State v. Nadlman, 118 P.2d 58 (Idaho 1941). · cites it 3× “Article I, § 7 of the Constitution of Idaho provides, “The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate; * * * ” In harmony with that provision are sections 2-201 and 2-202 of our code. Section 2-201 prescribes the qualifications of a juror and among them are that he must be a…”
Higuera v. Hiestand, 918 P.2d 284 (Idaho 1996). · cites it 2× “There is not a great deal of case law interpreting the provisions of the Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act (I.C. §§ 2-201 to -221), and Higuera has raised legitimate issues relating to the constitutionality of that statute in this appeal.”
Floyd v. State, 17 P.3d 880 (Idaho Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “The potential for handpicking jurors who are sympathetic to the state under these circumstances is unreasonably high.”
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