Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-203 (2026)

Challenges for cause; grounds.

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(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more
of the following grounds:
          (i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by
statute which render a person competent as a juror;

          (ii) Relationship by consanguinity or affinity within
the third degree to either party;

          (iii) Standing in the relation of debtor or creditor,
guardian or ward, master or servant, or principal or agent to
either party, or being a partner united in business with either
party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either
party;

          (iv) Having served as a juror or a witness in a
previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of
action, or being then a witness therein;

          (v) Interest on the part of the juror in the event or
question involved in the action, but not an interest of the
juror as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation;

          (vi) Having formed or expressed an unqualified
opinion or belief as to the merits or the main question of the
action. The reading of newspaper accounts of the subject matter
before the court shall not disqualify the juror either for bias
or opinion;

          (vii) The existence of a state of mind in the juror
evincing enmity or bias for either party.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases, 1981–2020 · leading case: Wardell v. McMillan, 844 P.2d 1052 (Wyo. 1992).

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Wardell v. McMillan, 844 P.2d 1052 (Wyo. 1992). · cites it 12× “Wardell claims that the jurors were legally prejudiced against his case and argues that the trial court's refusal to excuse them implicated his right to a fair trial by forcing him to expend two peremptory challenges to remove them from the jury panel.”

Garnick v. Teton Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2002 WY 18 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 6× “" [12] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 (LexisNexis 2001) (emphasis added) states: § 1-11-203.”

Jahnke v. State, 682 P.2d 991 (Wyo. 1984). · cites it 3× “" The challenges for cause in a civil case adopted by reference are found in § 1-11-203, W.S. 1977, which provides: "(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: "(i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a…”

Smith v. State, 2009 WY 2 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “Those bases for challenge are set out in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 : (a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: (i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a person competent as a juror; (ii) Relationship by…”

Carothers v. State, 2008 WY 58 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 7-11-105 (a)(ii) and (b) (LexisNexis 2007); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 (a)(vi) and (vii) (LexisNexis 2007).”

Schwenke v. State, 768 P.2d 1031 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 3× “) and W.S. 1-11-203 (1977). 1 Those statutes provide, in pertinent part: W.”

Summers v. State, 725 P.2d 1033 (Wyo. 1986). · cites it 2× “" [3] The challenges for cause adopted by reference are found in § 1-11-203, W.S. 1977: "(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: "(i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a person competent as a juror;…”

Hopkinson v. State, 632 P.2d 79 (Wyo. 1981). “" In § 1-11-203(a)(vi), W.S. 1977, challenges for cause in civil cases are established as follows: "(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: * * * * * * "(vi) Having formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits…”

Russell v. State, 851 P.2d 1274 (Wyo. 1993). · cites it 4× “[2] A relationship between a juror and a witness is not one of the grounds for challenge for cause set forth in Wyo.Stat. § 1-11-203 (1988), which provides: (a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: (i) A lack of any of the qualifications…”

Smith v. State, 2008 WY 98 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “Since § 7-11-105(b) refers to the challenges allowed in civil cases, we also quote the pertinent provision of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 (LexisNexis 2007): (a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: [[Image here]] (vi) Having formed or…”

Engberg v. State, 686 P.2d 541 (Wyo. 1984). “1957 [§ 1-11-203 (civil) or § 7-11-105 (criminal)], as modified by judicial decision.”

John Allen Moore v. The State of Wyoming, 2013 WY 120 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 7-11-105 (b) (Lex-isNexis 2013) makes all grounds for challenges for cause in civil cases applicable in criminal cases, and that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-11-203 (a)Giii) (LexisNexis 2013) provides a challenge for cause to anyone who is a creditor or a "servant" or agent of a party.”

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