Okla. Stat. tit. 38 § 23.1

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 23.1 - On-call system - Trailing docket system

A. In those district courts in which an on-call system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the district court, each juror retained for services subject to call shall be required to contact a center for information as to the time and place of his or her next assignment.

B. For purposes of this section, "on-call system" means a method whereby the chief judge of a district court summonses a jury panel to serve as potential jurors on a specific case.

C. Pursuant to summons for service on petit juries in the district court, each qualified, nonexempt juror is retained for service subject to call and is assigned to a judge or a case.

D. In those districts in which an on-call system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no person shall be required to render service as a juror for more than one (1) day in a calendar year, unless he or she is selected to serve in a trial or is under consideration to serve in a trial and such consideration covers a period of two (2) or more days. Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge.

E. In those districts in which a trailing docket system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no person shall be required to render service as a juror for more than five (5) days in a calendar year, unless he or she is selected to serve in a trial or is under consideration to serve in a trial and such consideration covers a period of five (5) or more days. Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial, unless excused by the presiding judge.

F. For purposes of this section "trailing docket system" means a method whereby the chief judge of the district court summonses a jury panel to serve for a fixed number of days to determine the outcome of all cases on the docket in sequential order.

Okla. Stat. tit. 38, § 23.1

Laws 1981, SB 73, c. 184, § 2, eff. 10/1/1981; Amended by Laws 2004 , SB 479, c. 525, § 7, emerg. eff. 7/1/2004; Amended by Laws 2006 , SB 1897, c. 103, § 1, eff. 11/1/2006.