The following persons shall be exempted from serving as jurors, unless such persons
shall waive their exemption, namely: the members of congress from the state of Rhode
Island, the general officers of the state, the members and officers of the general
assembly during their tenure of office irrespective of whether the general assembly
is in session or not, the jury commissioner and his or her assistants, the justices
of the state and United States courts, clerks of those courts, practicing attorneys-at-law,
correctional officers, deputy sheriffs, probation and parole officers, members of
any paid police force of the state or of any city or town, members of any paid fire
department of any city or town, and members of the armed services on active duty.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
7
cases, 1979–1983 · leading case:
State v. Ballard, 439 A.2d 1375 (R.I. 1982).
State v. Ballard, 439 A.2d 1375 (R.I. 1982).
· cites it 5× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-9-3 11 resulted in a grand jury that violated the fair-cross-section requirement of the Sixth Amendment.”
State v. Jenison, 405 A.2d 3 (R.I. 1979).
· cites it 3× “We need only consider the third question, however, because our determination of it is dispositive.”
State v. Conway, 463 A.2d 1319 (R.I. 1983).
· cites it 3× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-9-3. 2 Mr. Travers testified that he mailed out jury questionnaires that notified prospective jurors of the exemption.”
State v. Courteau, 461 A.2d 1358 (R.I. 1983).
· cites it 2× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-9-3, as amended by P.L.1974, ch. 116, § 1 provided exemption not only for professors, tutors, and students of recognized universities and colleges but also, inter alia, for justices of the state and United States courts, clerks of courts, practicing…”
State v. Bassett, 447 A.2d 371 (R.I. 1982).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-9-3 1 operated as an automatic exclusion.”
State v. DeWitt, 423 A.2d 828 (R.I. 1980).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-9-3, as amended by P.L.1974, ch. 116, § 1, which exempted from both grand and petit jury service an identifiable and cognizable group of citizens otherwise eligible for jury service.”
State v. Manocchio, 448 A.2d 761 (R.I. 1982).
“General Laws § 9-9-3, as amended by P.L.1968, ch. 102, § 1.”
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