(a) The Court Administrator, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court, shall make
rules regarding the qualifications, lists, and selection of all jurors and prepare
questionnaires for prospective jurors. Each Superior Court clerk shall, in conformity
with the rules, prepare a list of jurors from residents of its unit. The rules shall
be designed to ensure that the list of jurors prepared by the Superior Court clerk
shall be representative of the citizens of its unit in terms of age, sex, occupation,
economic status, and geographical distribution.
(b) Rules adopted under this section shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 284 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 24, § 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 46; 2011, No. 31, § 4, eff. May 17, 2011; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. July 1, 2022.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1976–1991 · leading case: State v. Jenne, 591 A.2d 85 (Vt. 1991).
State v. Jenne, 591 A.2d 85 (Vt. 1991). · cites it 2דDefendant argues that the degree of underrepresentation of young people violates the standards set forth in 4 V.S.A. § 952 8 and § 953(a). 9 Defendant has not demonstrated prejudice and, in any event, this same argument was rejected in Pelican.”
State v. Murphy, 353 A.2d 346 (Vt. 1976). “At his trial, the jury was drawn, over his protest, from a jury list comprised of residents of Essex County, chosen as prescribed by 4 V.S.A. § 952 and administrative orders issued thereunder.”
State v. Pelican, 580 A.2d 942 (Vt. 1990). “In support of this claim, defendant relies solely on the fact that young adults are underrepresented as proof that the list from which jurors were selected was not “representative of the citizens of its county in terms of age,” as required by 4 V.S.A. § 952. He also alleges that…”
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