2313.11 Failure to attend or testify - dispensation of personal attendance. - Ohio Statutes

2313.11 Failure to attend or testify - dispensation of personal attendance.

(A) If a prospective juror fails to attend as specified in the notice referred to in section 2313.10 of the Revised Code or a prospective juror refuses to be sworn or to answer any legal and pertinent question put to the prospective juror by a commissioner of jurors, the commissioner shall report that fact to the court . One or more successive notices may be served upon the same person when the person fails to attend as required by the former notice . When a person has so attended twice for examination, the person cannot be required to attend again in the same jury year.

(B) No prospective juror shall fail to answer any legal and pertinent question put to the prospective juror by the court.

(C) The court shall inform a prospective juror that the prospective juror has the right to request an in-camera hearing, on the record and with an attorney present, regarding any legal and pertinent question put to the prospective juror by the court. The court is not required to hold an in-camera hearing under this division unless the information that is contained in the response to the question put to the prospective juror by the court is requested by any person, and the prospective juror requests that the information should not be released.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 05-18-2005