Section 8-207 - Required provisions - Prospective and qualified juror pools. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-207. Required provisions - Prospective and qualified juror pools.
 

(a)  Required.- Each jury plan shall set intervals for creation of a prospective juror pool and a qualified juror pool. 

(b)  Minimum number of prospective jurors.-  

(1) Each jury plan shall set a minimum number of names to be selected from the source pool as prospective jurors. 

(2) The minimum number shall be: 

(i) At least 150; and 

(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, at least 0.5% of the total number of names in the source pool. 

(3) If the minimum percentage under paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection would be cumbersome and unnecessary, a jury plan may set a smaller number. 

(4) A jury judge for a county may order its jury commissioner to have additional names selected from the county's source pool as the judge considers necessary. 
 

[2006, ch. 372, § 13.]