Michigan Compiled Laws Act 17 Of 1953 Drawing Of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)

• Section 729.201 Adoption Of Act By Certain Cities; Rescission.
  Any city located in a county having a population of less than 500,000 having a court known as a police court, or otherwise, and...
• Section 729.202 Board Of Jury Commissioners; Membership.
  A board of jury commissioners is hereby created for each city adopting the provisions hereof, which shall consist of the city treasurer, the city...
• Section 729.203 Board Of Jury Commissioners; List Of Persons To Serve As Jurors, Computation; Additional Names; Lists In Duplicate.
  The said board shall within 15 days after the adoption of this act in any city make a list of persons to serve as...
• Section 729.204 Board Of Jury Commissioners; Qualifications Of Persons Selected.
  The said board in making such list shall select only the names of persons who are qualified electors, in possession of their natural faculties,...
• Section 729.205 Board Of Jury Commissioners; Exemptions; Excused From Serving.
  Any person shall be exempt from serving on a jury drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act if he is exempt from...
• Section 729.206 Duty Of Clerk Of Court.
  The clerk of said court shall write the name and address of each person named on such lists on a separate slip of paper....
• Section 729.207 Date Of Trial; Drawing Of Panel, Time; Number Of Jurors.
  When a jury trial shall have been demanded by any person to be tried in said court, the judge of said court shall fix...
• Section 729.208 Drawing; Conduct.
  Such drawing shall be conducted at the place of the holding of said court at the time so fixed by the judge, or at...
• Section 729.209 Clerk To Draw Names; Record; Signature.
  Upon such drawing of the panel the clerk shall draw from said box such names, 1 at a time, as may be needed to...
• Section 729.210 Slips Drawn; Replacement.
  All slips drawn, except those destroyed as hereinbefore provided, shall be replaced in the receptacle and returned to the box after the drawing of...
• Section 729.211 Summoning Of Jurors; Service.
  The clerk of said court shall issue under his hand and deliver to the bailiff of said court, or to a police officer of...
• Section 729.212 Failure To Attend; Penalty.
  Any person so summoned as a juror, who shall fail to attend and to continue in attendance at said trial, unless excused by the...
• Section 729.213 Jury Panel Placed In Separate Receptacle; Drawing; Additional Names, Drawing; Summoning.
  The clerk shall write the name of each person so selected as a member of such jury panel on a separate slip of paper...
• Section 729.214 Challenges.
  Any person drawn as a juror may be challenged for cause for the same reasons he could have been challenged for cause if drawn...
• Section 729.215 Instructions To Jury.
  It shall be the duty of said judge of a police court to instruct the jury in all cases as to the law applicable...
• Section 729.216 Jury Service; Limitation.
  No person shall be required to serve as a juror in said court more than 4 times within any calendar year. A person who...
• Section 729.217 Fees.
  Each police court juror shall be entitled to receive $8.00 for each day's actual attendance in court, and $4.00 for each 1/2 day of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016