N.H. Rev. Stat. § 606:3

Current through Chapter 381 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 606:3 - Challenges; Defendant

Every person arraigned and put on trial for an offense may, in addition to challenges for cause or unless he stands wilfully mute, peremptorily challenge:

I. 20 jurors for capital murder.

II. 15 jurors for murder in the first degree.

III. 3 jurors in any other case.

RSA 606:3

RS 225:5. CS 240:7. 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9. 1919, 40:1. PL 368 :11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3. 1974, 34:5. 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.