Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 6 - TRIAL PROCEDURES IN COURT CASES
Part C - Jury Procedures
Rule 625 - Juror Qualification Form, Lists of Trial Jurors, and Challenge to the Array
Universal Citation: 234 PA Code ยง 625
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(A) JUROR QUALIFICATION FORM AND LISTS OF TRIAL JURORS.
(1) The officials designated by law to select
persons for jury service shall:
(a) devise,
distribute, and maintain juror qualification forms as provided by
law;
(b) prepare, publish, and post
lists of the names of persons to serve as jurors as provided by law;
and
(c) upon the request of the
attorney for the Commonwealth or the defendant's attorney, furnish the list
containing the names of prospective jurors prepared pursuant to paragraph
(A)(1)(b); and
(d) make available
for review and copying copies of the juror qualification forms returned by the
prospective jurors.
(2)
The information provided on the juror qualification form shall be confidential
and limited to questions of the jurors' qualifications.
(3) The original and any copies of the juror
qualification form shall not constitute a public record.
(B) CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY.
(1) Unless opportunity did not exist prior
thereto, a challenge to the array shall be made not later than 5 days before
the first day of the week the case is listed for trial of criminal cases for
which the jurors have been summoned and not thereafter, and shall be in
writing, specifying the facts constituting the ground for the
challenge.
(2) A challenge to the
array may be made only on the ground that the jurors were not selected, drawn,
or summoned substantially in accordance with law.
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