Hawaii Revised Statutes 612. Jurors

PART I. SELECTION AND SERVICE

  • 612-1 Declaration of Policy.
    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...
  • 612-2 Prohibition of Discrimination.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-2 Prohibition of discrimination. A citizen shall not be excluded from jury service in this State on account of...
  • 612-3 Definitions.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Circuit" refers to a judicial circuit, as specified in section 603-1. "Clerk"...
  • 612-4 Grounds of Qualification and Disqualification.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-4 Grounds of qualification and disqualification. (a) A prospective juror is qualified to serve as a juror if the...
  • 612-5 Disqualification by Interest.
    Part heading added by revisor. [§612-5] Disqualification by interest. No person shall sit as a juror in any case in which the person's relative...
  • 612-6 Exempt When.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-6 Exempt when. A person may claim exemption from service as a juror if the person is: (1) An...
  • 612-7 Excused When, for Cause.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-7 Excused when, for cause. A prospective juror shall not be excused by a court for slight or trivial...
  • 612-8 Pay of Jurors; Mileage Fee; Bus Fare; Parking Violations Exemption.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-8 Pay of jurors; mileage fee; bus fare; parking violations exemption. (a) Each juror or prospective juror shall be...
  • 612-9 Certificate for Jury Pay.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-9 Certificate for jury pay. At least once each month, the clerk shall certify the number of days each...
  • 612-10 Repealed.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-10 REPEALED. L 1987, c 366, §16.
  • 612-11 Master List.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-11 Master list. (a) Each year the clerk for each circuit shall compile a master list. The master list...
  • 612-12 Master Jury Wheel.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-12 Master jury wheel. Each year the clerk for each circuit, by random selection, shall place in the master...
  • 612-13 Juror Qualification Form.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-13 Juror qualification form. (a) The clerk shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names in the master jury...
  • 612-14 Qualified Jury Wheel.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-14 Qualified jury wheel. (a) Upon return of the juror qualification forms, the clerk, after careful investigation in each...
  • 612-15 Certified Jury Lists.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-15 Certified jury lists. (a) Every year, the clerk of each circuit shall make and file, not later than...
  • 612-16 Grand Jury.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-16 Grand jury. (a) The court shall order one or more grand juries to be impaneled at such times...
  • 612-17 Trial Jury.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-17 Trial jury. (a) This section shall be applicable to the drawing of a trial jury and service thereon....
  • 612-18 [Trial Jury; Additional Requirements.]
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-18 [Trial jury; additional requirements.] (a) If the court so orders, prospective trial jurors shall be drawn and summoned,...
  • 612-19 Summoning of Prospective Jurors.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-19 Summoning of prospective jurors. (a) When so ordered by the court, the clerk shall transmit to the chief...
  • 612-20 Requests for Exemption or Excuse.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-20 Requests for exemption or excuse. If a person who is exempt or who believes oneself to be entitled...
  • 612-21 Jurors Disqualified, Exempted, or Excused.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-21 Jurors disqualified, exempted, or excused. Whenever a juror has been disqualified, exempted, or excused, that fact shall be...
  • 612-22 Trial Jurors Subject to One Year of Service; One Day or One Trial Requirement.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-22 Trial jurors subject to one year of service; one day or one trial requirement. The persons whose names...
  • 612-23 Challenging Compliance With Selection Procedures.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-23 Challenging compliance with selection procedures. (a) Promptly after the moving party discovered or by the exercise of diligence...
  • 612-24 Preservation of Records.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-24 Preservation of records. All records and papers compiled and maintained by the clerk in connection with the selection...
  • 612-25 Protection of Jurors' Employment.
    Part heading added by revisor. [§612-25] Protection of jurors' employment. (a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of the employee's employment, or threaten...
  • 612-26 Use of Electronic or Other Means for Drawing Grand and Trial Juries.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-26 Use of electronic or other means for drawing grand and trial juries. Selections of citizens who are subject...
  • 612-27 Rules.
    Part heading added by revisor. §612-27 Rules. The supreme court is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal rules of court, not inconsistent with the...

PART II. GRAND JURY COUNSEL AND PROCEEDINGS

Law Journals and Reviews

The Prosecutor's Duty to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence to the Grand Jury: Did the Hawaii Supreme Court Retreat from Fundamental Fairness? 2 UH L. Rev. 145.

Case Notes

Trial court's reassigning from the jury venire to other trials occurring that day potential jurors who admitted having knowledge about the case did not result in a "substantial failure to comply" with the provisions of this chapter and did not prejudice defendant. 98 H. 1, 41 P.3d 157 (2002).

Last modified: October 27, 2016