Haw. Rev. Stat. § 612-1

Current through Act 7 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 612-1 - Declaration of policy

It is the policy of this State that all persons selected for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court, and that all qualified citizens have the opportunity in accordance with this chapter to be considered for jury service in this State and an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for that purpose.

HRS § 612-1

L 1973, c 191, pt of §1

Law Journals and Reviews

State v. Levinson: Limitations on a Criminal Defendant's Use of Peremptory Challenges. 13 UH L. Rev. 279.

Right to trial by jury of the "district" conferred by Const. Art. I, §14. "District" means the judicial circuit, § 806-17 .