Sec. 51-220. Number of jurors for each town. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-220. Number of jurors for each town. The number of jurors to be chosen from each town shall be equal to a percentage of the town's population rounded off to the nearest whole number, such percentage to be determined by the Jury Administrator. Such population figures shall derive from the last published census of the United States government.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7928; 1949, S.A. 27; 1949, 1951, S. 1368b; 1953, S. 3176d; 1963, P.A. 505; 1967, P.A. 695, S. 1; P.A. 73-68; P.A. 82-248, S. 123; 82-307, S. 2, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 4, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 4, 18, 20; P.A. 94-169, S. 6, 20.)

      History: 1963 act increased lowest population bracket by 500 and increased number of jurors in each category; 1967 act increased number in each category and added exclusion of institutional patients from population count; P.A. 73-68 added category consisting of towns with population of less than 750; P.A. 82-248 inserted Subsec. indicators; P.A. 82-307 deleted provisions which set forth the number of jurors for each town as from 15 to 1,012 depending on the relative population of the town and added provisions which established the number of jurors for a town as 1.5% of the town's population, applicable with respect to summoning of jurors on or after September 1, 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to summoning of jurors for jury duty on and after September 1, 1986, replaced provision re determination of number of jurors with provision that such number be equal to a percentage of the town's population, such percentage to be determined by the jury administrator, and deleted Subsec. (b) re exclusion of patients of state institutions from population of town for purposes of section; P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 and amended Subsec. (a), making it applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986, and added Subsec. (b) re number of jurors to be chosen from each town, applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions, effective July 1, 1994.

      This section does not discriminate against citizens on the basis of residence. No evidence jury selection process hereunder resulted in an underrepresentation of blacks. 167 C. 539. Cited. 171 C. 395. Cited. 197 C. 629. Cited. 218 C. 403. Cited. 219 C. 215; Id., 231.

      Cited. 27 CA 675.

      Cited. 34 CS 612.

      System of selecting jurors by towns does not, in and of itself, discriminate against Negroes. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 204, 205.