Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-101 (2026)

Qualifications of juror.

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(a)   A person is qualified to act as a juror if he is:
          (i) An adult citizen of the United States who has
been a resident of the state and of the county ninety (90) days
before being selected and returned pursuant to W.S. 1-11-106;

          (ii) In possession of his natural faculties, of
ordinary intelligence and without mental or physical infirmity
preventing satisfactory jury service;

          (iii) Possessed of sufficient knowledge of the
English language.

     (b) No citizen shall be excluded from service as a juror
on account of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin
or economic status.

     (c) The court shall discharge a person from serving as a
juror if the person is not qualified to act as a juror under
subsection (a) of this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).

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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “02 (West 2001) Wyoming 18 Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-101 (Lexis 2003) (jurors must be adults); § 14-1-101 (person becomes an adult at 18) APPENDIX D TO OPINION OF THE COURT STATE STATUTES ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM AGE FOR MARRIAGE WITHOUT PARENTAL OR JUDICIAL CONSENT STATE AGE STATUTE…”

Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-101 (1988) APPENDIX C Right to Drive Without Parental Consent Most States have various provisions regulating driving age, from learner's permits through driver's licenses.”

Wyatt L. Bear Cloud, 2014 WY 113 (Wyo. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 22-3-102 (a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2013) (right to vote at age 18); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-101 (LexisNexis 2013) (must be "adult" for jury service); Wyo.”

Wesley De Sousa Soares a/k/a Wesley Sousa v. The State of Wyoming, 2024 WY 39 (Wyo. 2024). · cites it 4× “Sousa points to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-101 , which provides “[a] person is qualified to act as a juror if he is .”

Sheridan Fire Fighters Local No. 276, IAFF, AFL-CIO, CLC v. City of Sheridan, Wyoming, 2013 WY 36 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “F118] The word "qualification" is defined as "[alny quality, accomplishment, or ability that suits a person to a specific position or task.”

Petersen v. State, 594 P.2d 978 (Wyo. 1979). ““(b) In conducting jury trials, judges of the county courts and justice of peace courts shall exercise and perform the same functions, powers and duties as are prescribed for both the judge and the clerk of the district court in W.S. 1-11-101 through 1-11-304, insofar as…”

Trevor C. Lake v. The State of Wyoming, 2013 WY 7 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 6× “Lake contends that this language requires that a juror reside in a county for the ninety-day period preceding any jury service in that county.”

James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). “§ 14-1-101 (2018); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-101 (2019). 4 Are You Eligible to Join the Military, Millitary.”

John Allen Moore v. The State of Wyoming, 2013 WY 120 (Wyo. 2013). “§ 1-11-101(a)@i) (LexisNexis 2018), which required that BT be in possession of his natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence, and not possessed of a mental infirmity that prevented him from carrying out his duties as a juror to be eligible to serve. The court could therefore…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-101(a) — 1 case

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