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AL Code § 12-16-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-72 - When Juries for Next Session of Court Drawn by Presiding Judge.

Section 12-16-72When juries for next session of court drawn by presiding judge. If for any reason the judge of the court fails to draw the juries as required in Section 12-16-70 before the 20 days mentioned therein, the clerk of such court shall notify the presiding judge and he shall, upon receiving such notification, immediately draw the juries for the next session of the court in the manner provided in this article. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8618; Code 1940, T. 30, §32; Acts 1981, No. 81-788, p. 1381, §8.)
AL Code § 12-16-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-73 - Execution and Return of Order to Summon Jurors by Sheriff.

Section 12-16-73Execution and return of order to summon jurors by sheriff. (a) Every order to summon jurors, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be executed by the sheriff by either of the following methods at the election of the sheriff: (1) By giving personal notice to every such person or by leaving a written notice at the place of residence of the summoned juror with some family member of the juror or with some person residing at the same residence, at least two days before the day appointed for the service of the juror in court; or (2) By placing a written notice to a person named in the order to summon jurors in the United States mail, first class, postage prepaid and addressed to the residence of the person summoned. The envelope in which such notice is mailed shall indicate the return address of the sheriff and shall bear a proper notice that if it cannot be delivered at the indicated address it shall be returned to the sheriff. Such notice must be deposited in the United States mail not less than 15 days before the day appointed for the service of the juror in court. If such notice shall not be returned to the sheriff, the mailed notice shall be considered to be legal service. If any such mailed notice shall be returned to the sheriff more than three days before the day appointed for the service of the juror in court, then such notice may be served in the manner provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection. Any juror whose mailed notice shall be returned to the sheriff three days or less before the day appointed for the service of the juror in court shall be reported by the sheriff as "Not Found." (b) Orders to summon jurors instanter may not be served by United States mail but shall be served in the manner provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. (c) The order to summon jurors shall be returned to the clerk of the court whence it issued, with the proper return thereon, showing the manner of service by the sheriff, on or before the day appointed for appearance of the jurors. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8619; Code 1940, T. 30, §33; Acts 1980, No. 80-640, p. 1208, §1.)
AL Code § 12-16-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-74 - Hearing of Excuses, Claims of Exemptions, etc.; Drawing, Swearing and Empaneling of Grand and Petit Jurors.

Section 12-16-74Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service as jurors and whose service has not been previously excused or postponed. The court may hear any excuses not previously heard and shall pass upon the qualifications of those in attendance for grand jury service. The court may in any case, including capital cases, excuse or postpone the service of any prospective juror outside the presence of the parties and their counsel in accordance with the provisions for excusal contained in Section 12-16-63. If a grand jury is to be empaneled, the court shall draw from the venire list on a random basis the names of 18 persons qualified and in attendance who shall be sworn and empaneled as the grand jury. If a petit jury is also to be empaneled, all qualified persons remaining whose service is not excused or postponed shall be sworn as petit jurors. If no grand jury is to be empaneled, all persons appearing who are qualified and not excused or whose service is not postponed shall be sworn as petit jurors. The court shall then cause to be randomly compiled a master strike list containing the names of all petit jurors so sworn as jurors. (Acts 1919, No. 715, p. 1039; Code 1923, §§8622, 8623; Code 1940, T. 30, §§38, 39; Acts 1981, No. 81-788, p. 1381, §3; Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 12-16-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-75 - Duration of Service; Summons for Subsequent Service.

Section 12-16-75Duration of service; summons for subsequent service. (a) Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge. (b) A juror who has served on a petit jury in this state shall not be summoned to serve again as a petit juror in any court of this state for 24 months following the last day of service. (Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)
AL Code § 12-16-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-76 - Insufficient Number of Qualified Jurors to Form Juries.

Section 12-16-76Insufficient number of qualified jurors to form juries. Whenever there are not enough qualified jurors in attendance upon the court to form the juries required, the judge of the court shall cause to be provided from the master jury list names of as many prospective jurors as the judge deems necessary to complete the empaneling of all juries then required. The court shall forthwith cause to be summoned all prospective jurors thus drawn to attend court when required, and they may be summoned by personal service or by telephone. The court shall then proceed to empanel or complete the empaneling of the juries as provided in this article. If, prior to commencement of striking, due to challenges for cause or for any other reason, the number of names on the lists from which the parties are to strike is reduced below the minimums established in Rule 18.4, Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, in criminal cases or Rule 47, Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in civil cases, unless the parties agree to strike from such lesser number, the court shall fill the deficiency first from the remaining available petit jurors sworn. If the number of available petit jurors sworn is insufficient to fill the deficiency, the remaining deficiency shall in the discretion of the court be filled by waiting until other petit jurors sworn become available or by randomly drawing or causing to be provided from the master jury list at least twice the number of names needed to fill the deficiency remaining. The court shall forthwith cause to be summoned all prospective jurors thus drawn in any of the manners set forth in this section. The names of those persons found competent to hear the case shall be added to the strike list in at least the number necessary to fill the deficiency. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8627; Code 1940, T. 30, §41; Acts 1981, No. 81-788, p. 1381, §4; Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 12-16-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-78 - Drawing of Names From Jury Box for Juries in Probate Court; Summoning and Drawing of Jurors; Certification to Jury Commission of Names of Persons Disqualified, Exempt and Empaneled.

Section 12-16-78Drawing of names from jury box for juries in probate court; summoning and drawing of jurors; certification to jury commission of names of persons disqualified, exempt and empaneled. Whenever a jury is required to try any issue in a probate court of the county, other than inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness, the probate judge shall procure the jury box and key thereto and shall draw from the jury box as many names as he may think necessary, in no case less than 24, and shall immediately return the key and box to the proper custodian thereof respectively. After each name is drawn, it shall not be returned to the jury box and there shall be no selection of names, and the probate judge shall make and file a record of the drawing and issue an order to the sheriff requiring him to summon the jurors, and the probate judge shall draw the juries in the manner provided by this article, and the judge shall call the names of those disqualified and exempt and those empaneled to be certified to the jury commission as required by law. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8629; Code 1940, T. 30, §43.)
AL Code § 12-16-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-80 - Objections Which May Be Taken to Venire of Jurors.

Section 12-16-80Objections which may be taken to venire of jurors. No objection can be taken to any venire of jurors except for fraud in drawing or summoning the jurors. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8637; Code 1940, T. 30, §46.)
AL Code § 12-16-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-81 - Failure of Sheriff to Summon Juror Drawn, Failure of Juror Summoned to Attend Trial, etc., Not Grounds for Quashing Venire or Continuing Case.

Section 12-16-81Failure of sheriff to summon juror drawn, failure of juror summoned to attend trial, etc., not grounds for quashing venire or continuing case. If the sheriff fails to summon any jurors drawn or any person summoned fails or refuses to attend the trial or there is any mistake in the name of any person drawn or summoned, none nor all of these grounds shall be sufficient to quash the venire or continue the case. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8621; Code 1940, T. 30, §37.)
AL Code § 12-16-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-82 - Effect of Failure of Person Summoned as Juror to Obey Summons.

Section 12-16-82Effect of failure of person summoned as juror to obey summons. If any person summoned as a grand or petit juror shall fail to obey such summons without good excuse, to be determined by the court, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of court; and, if no sufficient excuse is rendered for him or her at the time of his or her default, an order shall be entered for him or her to show cause why he or she shall not be adjudged guilty of contempt and punished accordingly; and, if he or she shall fail at the next session after the service of such notice to render such excuse, he or she shall be fined by the court not more than three hundred dollars ($300) and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 10 days. In courts holding sessions longer than 30 days, the order shall be made returnable 20 days after it issues, and the person in default shall have 10 days after service in which to appear and render his or her excuse. (Code 1896, §5046; Code 1907, §7307; Code 1923, §8689; Code 1940, T. 30, §47; Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 12-16-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-83 - Unlawfully Placing in or Withdrawing Names From Jury Box, Destruction, etc., of Jury Box, Etc.

Section 12-16-83Unlawfully placing in or withdrawing names from jury box, destruction, etc., of jury box, etc. Any person who shall unlawfully place in or withdraw from the jury box any name or names of persons or destroy, conceal or remove such jury box or place on or erase from the jury roll the name of any person or destroy, mutilate, conceal or remove such jury roll shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county for not less than six months nor more than two years, such period to be fixed by the court. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §4889; Code 1940, T. 30, §48.)
AL Code § 12-16-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-85 - Attempting to Influence Jury Commissioner or Other Officer Selecting, Drawing, Summoning, etc., Jurors or Juries.

Section 12-16-85Attempting to influence jury commissioner or other officer selecting, drawing, summoning, etc., jurors or juries. Any person who attempts, otherwise than by bribery, to influence any jury commissioner or any other officer charged with the execution of any duty concerning the selecting, drawing, summoning, empaneling or organizing of jurors or juries shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months. (Code 1886, §3922; Code 1896, §5099; Code 1907, §7479; Code 1923, §5071; Code 1940, T. 30, §50.)
AL Code § 12-16-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-86 - Performance of Act With Intent to Affect Fair Drawing of Jury by Probate Judge, Jury Commissioner, County Commissioner, Etc.

Section 12-16-86Performance of act with intent to affect fair drawing of jury by probate judge, jury commissioner, county commissioner, etc. Any person who does an act calculated to affect the fair drawing of a jury and with intent to affect the same shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months, and if such person is a probate judge, sheriff or clerk of the circuit court or jury commissioner or a member of a county commission, his office shall be thereby vacated and shall be filled as in other cases of vacancy, on such conviction's being certified to the appointing power by the presiding judge or the clerk of the court in which it is had. (Code 1852, §543; Code 1867, §4093; Code 1876, §4766; Code 1886, §3923; Code 1896, §5100; Code 1907, §7480; Code 1923, §5072; Code 1940, T. 30, §51.)
AL Code § 12-16-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-87 - Summoning of Persons for Jury by Sheriff, etc., With Intent to Produce Result Favorable to Party in Action Before Court.

Section 12-16-87Summoning of persons for jury by sheriff, etc., with intent to produce result favorable to party in action before court. Any sheriff or other officer having a discretion in summoning jurors who summons any person with intent to produce a result favorable to any party having a case in the court in which such person is summoned shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years. (Code 1852, §25; Code 1867, §3565; Code 1876, §4121; Code 1886, §3924; Code 1896, §5101; Code 1907, §7468; Code 1923, §5060; Code 1940, T. 30, §34.)
AL Code § 12-16-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-88 - Connivance by Sheriff at Commission by Constable, Deputy, etc., of Offense Prohibited by Section 12-16-87.

Section 12-16-88Connivance by sheriff at commission by constable, deputy, etc., of offense prohibited by Section 12-16-87. Any sheriff who connives at the commission of the offense prohibited by Section 12-16-87 by any constable, bailiff or deputy sheriff shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years. (Code 1852, §29; Code 1867, §3570; Code 1876, §4123; Code 1886, §3925; Code 1896, §5102; Code 1907, §7469; Code 1923, §5061; Code 1940, T. 30, §35.)
AL Code § 12-16-89 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-89 - Negligent Failure of Sheriff or Deputy to Summon Juror.

Section 12-16-89Negligent failure of sheriff or deputy to summon juror. If the sheriff or any deputy shall negligently fail to summon any person to serve as a juror whom he is commanded to summon, he shall be held and deemed guilty of a contempt of court and shall be fined not more than $100.00 in every case where the person is not so served, and he may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than five days. The return of any such person as "not found" shall be prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of the sheriff or deputy making the return, and he shall be punished by the court unless the court is reasonably satisfied from evidence produced that he was not negligent. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §§8620, 8621; Code 1940, T. 30, §§36, 37.)
AL Code § 12-16-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 3 - Drawing, Summoning, Empaneling, etc., of Grand and Petit Juriesgenerally.|Section 12-16-90 - Provisions of Article as to Selection, Drawing, Summoning, etc., of Jurors Directory; Powers, etc., of Jurors Selected, Drawn, Summoned, etc., Under Article.

Section 12-16-90Provisions of article as to selection, drawing, summoning, etc., of jurors directory; powers, etc., of jurors selected, drawn, summoned, etc., under article. (a) The provisions of this article as to the selection, drawing, summoning or empaneling of jurors are directory merely and not mandatory. (b) The jurors selected, drawn, summoned and empaneled under the provisions of this article, whether at an earlier or later day than required by this article, must and shall in all respects be deemed legal and to possess in full in every respect power to perform all of the duties belonging to grand and petit jurors. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8636; Code 1940, T. 30, §45.)
AL Code § 12-16-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 5 - Selection of Juries in Civil Actions.|Section 12-16-140 - Procedure Generally.

Section 12-16-140Procedure generally. In all civil actions triable by jury, either party may demand a struck jury and must thereupon be furnished by the clerk with a list of 24 jurors in attendance upon the court, from which a jury must be obtained by the parties or their attorneys alternately striking one from the list until 12 are stricken off, the party demanding the jury commencing. The jury thus obtained must not be challenged for any cause, except bias or interest as to the particular case. (Code 1852, §2264; Code 1867, §2668; Code 1876, §3018; Code 1886, §2752; Code 1896, §2656; Code 1907, §4635; Code 1923, §8663; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 35, p. 34; Code 1940, T. 30, §54.)
AL Code § 12-16-146 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 5A - Alternate Plan and Procedure for Qualification, Selection, Drawing,summoning and Empaneling of Juries.|Section 12-16-146 - Use of Mechanical or Electronic Data Processing Equipment for Selecting, Qualifying, etc., Juries.

Section 12-16-146Use of mechanical or electronic data processing equipment for selecting, qualifying, etc., juries. Any of the procedures established in Title 12, Chapter 16, governing the selecting, qualifying, drawing, summoning, and empaneling of juries (including but not limited to any one or all of the following procedures: compilation and maintenance of the master list; the combined qualification and summoning process; the selection and maintenance of the trial court jury box, including the preparation and issuance of qualification questionnaires; the drawing from the trial court jury box; the preparation of the venire list and summons; or the compilation of the master or other strike lists) may be accomplished and maintained by mechanical or electronic data processing equipment available to an individual county or to several counties, or centralized for all the counties or any combination thereof after written notice to the Administrative Director of Courts. The actual presence of any official normally required to be present shall not be required when mechanical or electronic data processing equipment is used to implement any of the foregoing procedures. Any procedure accomplished by mechanical or electronic data processing equipment shall be performed in accordance with any random selection requirement of Title 12, Chapter 16, and shall be open to public inspection, and further, shall constitute a public drawing or selection. (Acts 1981, No. 81-788, p. 1381, §7.)
AL Code § 12-16-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 16 - Juries.|Article 6 - Challenges of Jurors.|Section 12-16-150 - Challenges of Jurors for Cause - Grounds Generally.

Section 12-16-150Challenges of jurors for cause - Grounds generally. It is good ground for challenge of a juror by either party: (1) That the person has not been a resident householder or freeholder of the county for the last preceding six months. (2) That he is not a citizen of Alabama. (3) That he has been indicted within the last 12 months for felony or an offense of the same character as that with which the defendant is charged. (4) That he is connected by consanguinity within the ninth degree, or by affinity within the fifth degree, computed according to the rules of the civil law, either with the defendant or with the prosecutor or the person alleged to be injured. (5) That he has been convicted of a felony. (6) That he has an interest in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant or has made any promise or given any assurance that he will convict or acquit the defendant. (7) That he has a fixed opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant which would bias his verdict. (8) That he is under 19 years of age. (9) That he is of unsound mind. (10) That he is a witness for the other party. (11) That the juror, in any civil case, is plaintiff or defendant in a case which stands for trial during the week he is challenged or is related by consanguinity within the ninth degree or by affinity within the fifth degree, computed according to the rules of the civil law, to any attorney in the case to be tried or is a partner in business with any party to such case. (12) That the juror, in any civil case, is an officer, employee or stockholder of or, in case of a mutual company, is the holder of a policy of insurance with an insurance company indemnifying any party to the case against liability in whole or in part or holding a subrogation claim to any portion of the proceeds of the claim sued on or being otherwise financially interested in the result of the case. (Code 1852, §§628, 631; Code 1867, §§4180, 4193; Code 1876, §§4881, 4884; Code 1886, §4331; Code 1896, §5016; Code 1907, §7276; Code 1923, §8610; Code 1940, T. 30, §55; Acts 1955, No. 260, p. 605; Acts 1981, No. 81-97, p. 115.)