§612-1 - Declaration of policy. - Hawaii Statutes

[PART I.  SELECTION AND SERVICE]

 

Revision Note

 

  Part heading added by revisor.

 

     [§612-1]  Declaration of policy.  It is the policy of this State that all persons selected for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court, and that all qualified citizens have the opportunity in accordance with this chapter to be considered for jury service in this State and an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for that purpose. [L 1973, c 191, pt of §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Right to trial by jury of the "district" conferred by Const. Art. I, §14.  "District" means the judicial circuit, §806-17.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  State v. Levinson:  Limitations on a Criminal Defendant's Use of Peremptory Challenges.  13 UH L. Rev. 279.