Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 756.001 (2026)
State policy on jury service; opportunity and obligation to serve as juror
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756.001(3)(3) No person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be excluded from that service in any court of this state on the basis of sex, race, color, sexual orientation as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, lawful source of income, age or ancestry or because of a physical condition.
756.001(4)(4) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random from the population of the area served by the circuit court. All qualified persons shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for jury service in this state and the obligation to serve as jurors when summoned under this chapter for that purpose. Any manual or automated method of selection that provides each qualified person with an equal probability of selection for jury service or that provides each prospective juror with an equal opportunity for assignment to a particular trial may be used.
756.001(5)(5) The presiding judge of each circuit court, or, if there is none, the circuit judge designated by the chief judge to supervise the jury system, shall be responsible for administering the jury system in that court and shall discharge that duty in an efficient, equitable and cost-effective manner, in accordance with this chapter. The clerk of circuit court, if delegated by and under the supervision of the judge responsible for administering the jury system, may select and manage juries under policies and rules established by the judges in that circuit court.
Effective date noteJudicial Council Note, 1996: Subsections (1) and (2) are based on prior s. 756.001(1). Subsection (3) implements ABA Standard 4 by expanding the nondiscrimination clause of prior s. 756.01(3) to all classes protected under the state equal rights statute, s. 101.22. Subsection (4) implements ABA Standard 3 and is based on prior s. 756.001(2). Subsection (5), based on the same prior statute, implements ABA Standard 10. [Re SCO No. 96-08 eff. 7-1-97]
756.001 AnnotationWisconsin law does not permit a court to deliberately summon a greater number of potential jurors from some geographic areas than from others in an attempt to ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of juries better reflects a representative cross-section of the community served by the court. Wisconsin law requires that all qualified persons have an equal opportunity to be randomly summoned for jury service. It does not permit a jury selection system that gives some persons greater, some lesser, opportunities to be summoned, depending on the area of the community where they live. OAG 3-08.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2022 · leading case: State v. Jeffrey P. Lepsch, 2017 WI 27 (Wis. 2017).
State v. Jeffrey P. Lepsch, 2017 WI 27 (Wis. 2017). “§ 756.001 (5) (2013-14), which states that "[t]he clerk of circuit court, if delegated by and under the supervision of the judge responsible for administering the jury system, may select and manage juries under policies and rules established by the judges in that circuit court.”
State v. Gribble, 2001 WI App 227 (Wis. Ct. App. 2001). “Gribble brought a postconviction motion for a new trial, claiming his constitutional and statutory rights to be present for jury selection and to be represented by counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings were violated by the court's unrecorded questioning of…”
Oliver v. Heritage Mut. Ins., 505 N.W.2d 452 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). “Section 756.001(1), Stats., proclaims that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right.”
State v. Mendoza, 596 N.W.2d 736 (Wis. 1999). “01 was vacated by the repeal and recreation of Wis. Stat. §§ 756.001 to 756.03 by S. Ct.”
State v. N. M. M. (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 756.001(4) provides that: “[a]ll persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random from the population of the area served by the circuit court” and that “[a]ll qualified persons shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for jury service in this state[.”
— Wis. Stat. § 756.001(1) — 1 case
Oliver v. Heritage Mut. Ins., 505 N.W.2d 452 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). “Section 756.001(1), Stats., proclaims that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right.”
— Wis. Stat. § 756.001(2) — 1 case
Oliver v. Heritage Mut. Ins., 505 N.W.2d 452 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). “Section 756.001(1), Stats., proclaims that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right.”
— Wis. Stat. § 756.001(4) — 1 case
State v. N. M. M. (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 756.001(4) provides that: “[a]ll persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random from the population of the area served by the circuit court” and that “[a]ll qualified persons shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for jury service in this state[.”
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