Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 29A.090 (2026)

Automatic exemptions prohibited

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There shall be no automatic exemptions from jury service. Effective: September 1, 1977 History: Created 1976 (1st Extra, Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 20, effective September 1, 1977.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1978–2004 · leading case: Commonwealth v. McFerron, 680 S.W.2d 924 (Ky. 1984).

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Commonwealth v. McFerron, 680 S.W.2d 924 (Ky. 1984). · cites it 8× “The motion was overruled. The record shows no hearing on the motion and no waiver of the request for a hearing.”

Bratcher v. Commonwealth, 151 S.W.3d 332 (Ky. 2004). “KRS 29A.090. 24 . Commonwealth v. McFerron, Ky.”

Colvin v. Commonwealth, 570 S.W.2d 281 (Ky. 1978). · cites it 2× “035 and enacted KRS 29A.090 which provides: "There shall be no automatic exemptions from jury service.”

Partee v. Commonwealth, 652 S.W.2d 89 (Ky. 1983). · cites it 2× “The actions of the jury commissioners clearly contravened the mandates of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Section 11 of the Kentucky Constitution, KRS 29A.090, and Colvin v. Commonwealth, Ky.”

Reid v. Commonwealth, 659 S.W.2d 217 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 3× “The motion cited as grounds that certain classes of persons, including doctors, lawyers, and policemen, had been improperly excluded from selection to the panel in violation of KRS 29A.090, the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Sections 11 and 14 of the…”

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