Kansas Statutes Annotated
K.S.A. § 22-3411a (2026)
Felony trials; number of jurors
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22-3411a. Felony trials; number of jurors. In all felony trials, upon the request of either the prosecution or the defendant, the court shall cause enough jurors to be called, examined, and passed for cause before any peremptory challenges are required, so that there will remain sufficient jurors, after the number of peremptory challenges allowed by law for the case on trial shall have been exhausted, to enable the court to cause 12 jurors to be sworn to try the case.
History: L. 1981, ch. 155, § 2; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1983–2020 · leading case: State v. Mitchell, 672 P.2d 1 (Kan. 1983).
State v. Mitchell, 672 P.2d 1 (Kan. 1983). “Appellant’s final argument is that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to comply with appellant’s request for jury selection pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3411a, which provides: “In all felony trials, upon the request of either the prosecution or the defendant, the…”
State v. Williams, 471 P.3d 17 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “K.S.A. 22-3411a does not limit when a party may use a peremptory challenge.”
State v. Crabb, 343 P.3d 539 (Kan. Ct. App. 2015). “Crabb claims the district court committed reversible error by using what is commonly known as the “hot-box” method of jury selection over Crabb’s ob *160 jection instead of using the statutoiy method of juiy selection set forth in K.S.A. 22-3411a. He also argues that the…”
State v. Perry, 968 P.2d 674 (Kan. 1998). “22-3410; K.S.A. 22-3411a; K.S.A. 22-3412. Perry failed to take advantage of the safeguards provided.”
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