Michigan · statute · 179 of 1951, Mich. Comp. Laws · 19 active provisions
Juries in civil and criminal cases in justice courts or in any court having the civil and criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace, in cities, and having a clerk, may be impaneled and drawn in the manner prescribed in this act.
The city clerk and city assessor or other assessing officer shall, on or before October first of each year, prepare a list in duplicate of the names and addresses of not less than 1 resident of the county for each 1,000 inhabitants of such county, according to the last federal census taken previous to the preparation o…
At any time the judge or justice, or judges or justices, as the case may be, shall so request of the city clerk in writing, the aforesaid officials shall prepare and file an additional list of names and addresses of persons having the qualifications prescribed by this act, within such time and containing the number of…
The officials preparing jury lists shall select only residents of and qualified and registered electors of the county in which such city is situated; and in making such selection they shall take the names of such only as are not exempt from serving on juries, by the provisions of this act, who are in possession of thei…
Any person shall be exempt from serving on a jury drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act if such person is exempt from serving on juries in the circuit courts of the state, except as is otherwise provided by this act.
Any person shall be entitled to be excused from serving on a jury drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act for the same reasons he would be entitled to be excused from serving as a juror in the circuit courts of the state, except as is herein otherwise provided.
The clerk of the court shall write the name and address of each person named on any list, on a separate slip of paper, together with such other information as may aid in communicating with such person. Each slip shall then be placed in a separate receptacle so designed as to conceal the information contained on the sli…
When a jury is to be drawn, the clerk of the court shall bring said box into open court, and draw therefrom such names, one at a time, as may be needed to impanel the jury, and the parties or their attorneys may be present. Any person whose name is drawn may be compelled to appear by subpoena, or the justice or judge m…
All slips drawn shall be replaced in the receptacle and returned to the box, after the drawing of a jury has been completed, whether or not any or all of the persons named on said slips served on such jury, and used with the names already in the box in the drawing of subsequent juries.
The clerk of the court shall keep an alphabetical list of the names and addresses of all persons who have served on juries drawn under this act, together with the date such persons served, and whether a civil or criminal trial; if a criminal trial the name of the respondent; if a civil trial the file number and the nam…
Any deputy clerk of any court affected by the provisions of this act is hereby authorized to perform all duties and is granted all powers, so far as the duties imposed and powers granted by this act are concerned, which the clerk is herein authorized and enjoined to perform.
Juries in all cases drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act shall consist of 6 persons, or less if agreed to by both parties.
Any deputy sheriff of the county or police officer of the city in which a court drawing a jury by virtue of the provisions of this act is situated, or any duly authorized process server of such court, may be authorized by the justice or judge conducting the trial to have charge of the jury. Before entering upon such du…
No person shall be required to serve as a juror more than twice within 1 year. Any person who has served in said court as a juror 4 or more times within a year shall be excused by the court upon his request, and may be challenged for cause by any party to a cause.
Any person drawn as a juror by virtue of the provisions of this act may be challenged either at the time of drawing or at the time of trial for cause for the same reasons he could be challenged for cause if drawn as a juror on a jury drawn in accordance with the statutes providing for jury trials in justice courts in t…
In a criminal trial the people and the respondent shall each be entitled to 4 peremptory challenges and no more. In a civil trial the plaintiff and the defendant shall each be entitled to 2 peremptory challenges and no more.
The provisions of existing laws relative to civil and criminal juries and jury trials in justice courts in townships shall govern in jury trials in which the jury is drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act, unless contrary to the provisions of this act or to the provisions of other laws or charter provision…
This act shall not be construed to repeal the provisions of any other law in effect in a particular city providing a method of drawing juries, but the justice or judge conducting a trial may in any case order a jury drawn according to the provisions of this act or in any other way permitted by law, and this act shall b…
This act shall not go into effect in any city to which it applies unless the judge or judges, or justice or justices, notify the city clerk and city assessor or assessing officer in writing to prepare and file lists of names as is provided for herein. The first list shall be filed as soon as it is prepared and may be u…