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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, § 3 (2026)

Juror service

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Section 3. Juror service in the participating counties shall be a duty which every person who qualifies under this chapter shall perform when selected. All persons selected for juror service on grand and trial juries shall be selected at random from the population of the judicial district in which they reside. All persons shall have equal opportunity to be considered for juror service. All persons shall serve as jurors when selected and summoned for that purpose except as hereinafter provided. No person shall be exempted or excluded from serving as a grand or trial juror because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, economic status, or occupation. Persons with a physical disability shall serve except where the court finds such service is not feasible. The court shall strictly enforce the provisions of this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 18 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Susi, 477 N.E.2d 995 (Mass. 1985).

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Commonwealth v. Susi, 477 N.E.2d 995 (Mass. 1985). · cites it 2× “Our holding is not contrary to the policy expressed in G. L. c. 234A, § 3, that physically handicapped persons should serve as jurors except where the court finds such service not feasible.”

Commonwealth v. Wood, 451 N.E.2d 714 (Mass. 1983). · cites it 2× “” G. L. c. 234A, § 3, inserted by St. 1982, c.”

Commonwealth v. Brown, 872 N.E.2d 711 (Mass. 2007). “The exclusion of students without an individualized finding of hardship violates G. L. c. 234A, § 3 (“No person shall be exempted or excluded from serving as a grand or trial juror because of .”

Commonwealth v. Evans, 778 N.E.2d 885 (Mass. 2002). “234A, § 40 (trial lasting more than three days may be ground to excuse juror for hardship).”

Commonwealth v. Tolentino, 663 N.E.2d 846 (Mass. 1996). · cites it 2× “” G. L. c. 234A, § 3. Moreover, “[n]o person shall be exempted or excluded from serving as a .”

Commonwealth v. Ascolillo, 541 N.E.2d 570 (Mass. 1989). “See also G. L. c. 234A, § 3 (1988 ed.) (“No person shall be .”

Commonwealth v. Oppenheim, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 359 (Mass. App. Ct. 2014). “If timely objection had preserved the merits, the record would not show a violation of G. L. c. 234A, § 3. The judge did not confer a categorical exemption on students.”

Commonwealth v. Torres, 905 N.E.2d 101 (Mass. 2009). “456, 460-461 (1989) (police officers not disqualified from serving on juries solely because of professional status); G. L. c. 234A, § 3. Moreover, on inquiry by the judge at the instigation of defense counsel, jurors no.”

Commonwealth v. Marchionda, 431 N.E.2d 238 (Mass. 1982). “The jurors were called in the order of numbers assigned to them by the office of the jury commissioner for Middlesex county, pursuant to G. L. c. 234A, §§ 3, 14, and regulations thereunder.”

Commonwealth v. Ortiz, 737 N.E.2d 482 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “See G. L. c. 234A, § 3 (“No person shall be .”

Commonwealth v. Siciliano, 649 N.E.2d 741 (Mass. 1995). “Moreover, the directive in § 27A (6) that jurors shall be drawn from the county in which the trial is held does not conflict with the procedures set forth in G. L. c. 234A, § 3, which states that jurors “shall be selected at random from the population of the judicial district in…”

Blank v. Hubbuch, 633 N.E.2d 439 (Mass. App. Ct. 1994). “See G. L. c. 234A, § 3. See Commonwealth v. Ascolillo, 405 Mass.”

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