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K.S.A. § 43-156 (2026)

Same; right to serve as juror; qualification as elector

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43-156. Same; right to serve as juror; qualification as elector. No person shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of Kansas on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status. Every juror, grand and petit, shall be a citizen of the state, resident of the county and possess the qualifications of an elector as now, or in the future established.

History: L. 1971, ch. 176, § 2; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1981–2017 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “4(1)(a) (2003) Kansas 18 Kan. Stat. Ann. § 43-156 (2000) (jurors must be qualified to be electors); Kan.”
State v. Kleypas, 40 P.3d 139 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 43-156 provides that "[n]o person shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of Kansas on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.”
State v. Carr, 331 P.3d 544 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 3× “The Standard of Review and Legal Framework Section 7 of the Kansas Bill of Rights provides that “[n]o religious test or property qualification shall be required for any office of public trust.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “Kan. Stat. Ann. § 43-156 (1986) Ky. Ky. Rev.”
State v. Baker, 819 P.2d 1173 (Kan. 1991). · cites it 4× “Qualifications for jury service are governed by K.S.A. 43-156 as follows: "Every juror ..”
State v. Snodgrass, 979 P.2d 664 (Kan. 1999). · cites it 3× “” In the district court’s view, the “mandatory legal qualifications” are set out in K.S.A. 43-156 and K.S.A. 43-158, and the “discretionary legal qualifications” are set out in K.”
State v. Folkerts, 629 P.2d 173 (Kan. 1981). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 43-156 provides: “No person shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of Kansas on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.”
State v. Cheun-Phon Ji, 832 P.2d 1176 (Kan. 1992). “K.S.A. 43-156. Jury commissioners are to prepare a list of persons qualified as jurors in each county from voter registration records of the county, lists of licensed drivers residing in the county, or enumeration or census records for the county.”
State v. Bailey, 834 P.2d 342 (Kan. 1992). “K.S.A. 43-156. Jury commissioners are to prepare a list of persons qualified as jurors in each county from voter registration records of the county, lists of licensed drivers residing in the county, or enumeration or census records for the county.”
State v. Smith, 825 P.2d 541 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992). “K.S.A. 43-156 sets out a person’s right to sérve on a jury: “No person shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of Kansas on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.”
State v. Lewis, 161 P.3d 807 (Kan. Ct. App. 2007). “K.S.A. 43-156 prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on *95 the basis of socioeconomic status as well as on the basis of race.”
State v. Cheever (Kan. 2016). · cites it 3× “Section 7 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights provides no greater protection than that provided by K.S.A. 43-156. 21. Prospective jurors cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their religious belief or lack of belief, but they can be excluded from jury service…”
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