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Mont. Code Ann. § 3-15-503 (2026)

Drawing -- How Conducted

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  5. 3-15-503 Drawing -- how conducted

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 15. JURIES AND JURORS

Part 5. Trial Juries -- District Court

Drawing -- How Conducted

3-15-503. Drawing -- how conducted. (1) (a) If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a jury box, the jury commissioner shall place the box on a rod so that it may readily revolve. The box must be revolved a sufficient number of times to ensure that the numbered slips in it become thoroughly mixed. The jury commissioner shall then draw from the box, one at a time, as many of the numbered slips as are ordered by the court.

(b) If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a computerized database, it must be conducted by use of a computerized random selection process that the judges of the district court of the county have approved in writing as satisfactorily fulfilling the requirements for the drawing of trial juries.

(2) A record of the drawing must be entered in the minutes of the court. It must show the names of the jurors corresponding to the numbers drawn from the jury box or the names drawn by means of the computerized random selection process.

History: En. Sec. 262, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6350, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 35, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 8904, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 219; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 148, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 8904, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 151, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 3, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 168, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 110, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1503; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 313, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 200, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 162, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 241, L. 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2009 · leading case: State v. Azure, 2005 MT 328 (Mont. 2005).
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State v. Azure, 2005 MT 328 (Mont. 2005). · cites it 5× “¶13 Section 3-15-503(l)(b), MCA (1995), upon which Azure relies, states: If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a computerized database, it must be conducted by use of a computerized random selection process that the judges of the district court of the county have…”
Bloomer v. State, 2009 WY 77 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 4× “Section 3-15-503(1)(b), MCA (1995), upon which Azure relies, states: If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a computerized database, it must be conducted by use of a computerized random selection process that the judges of the district court of the county have…”
State v. Henry, 788 P.2d 316 (Mont. 1990). · cites it 3× “Section 3-15-503(1), MCA. Once the jurors are drawn from the pool, the prospective juror notified may then attempt to demonstrate an undue hardship so as to be excused from serving on that particular jury panel.”
State v. Robbins, 1998 MT 297 (Mont. 1998). · cites it 2× “¶48 Although Robbins claims that he is not objecting to the drawing process on appeal, in his brief to this Court he raises a challenge to the drawing process under § 3-15-503, MCA, arguing that the clerk’s procedure was improper because not carried out pursuant to court order.”
Gannett Co., Inc. v. State, 571 A.2d 735 (Del. 1990). “§ 13-5-32; Mont.Code Ann. § 3-15-503; NJ. Stat.Ann. § 2A:71-2; N.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 3-15-503(1): 1 case
State v. Henry, 788 P.2d 316 (Mont. 1990). “Section 3-15-503(1), MCA. Once the jurors are drawn from the pool, the prospective juror notified may then attempt to demonstrate an undue hardship so as to be excused from serving on that particular jury panel.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 3-15-503(1)(b): 1 case
Bloomer v. State, 2009 WY 77 (Wyo. 2009). “Section 3-15-503(1)(b), MCA (1995), upon which Azure relies, states: If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a computerized database, it must be conducted by use of a computerized random selection process that the judges of the district court of the county have…”
Mont. Code Ann. § 3-15-503(l)(b): 1 case
State v. Azure, 2005 MT 328 (Mont. 2005). “¶13 Section 3-15-503(l)(b), MCA (1995), upon which Azure relies, states: If the drawing of jurors is conducted by means of a computerized database, it must be conducted by use of a computerized random selection process that the judges of the district court of the county have…”
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