Nebraska Revised Statute 25-1663

Chapter 25

25-1663.

Petit jury; examination by judge; excess jurors.

The judge shall examine all jurors who appear for jury service. If, after all excuses have been allowed, there remain more than twenty-four petit jurors for each judge sitting with a jury who are qualified and not excluded by the terms of section 25-1650, the court may excuse by lot such number in excess of twenty-four as the court may see fit. Those jurors who have been discharged in excess of twenty-four for each judge, but are qualified, shall not be discharged permanently, but shall remain subject to be resummoned for jury service upon the same jury panel.

Source

  • Laws 1915, c. 248, § 7, p. 570;
  • C.S.1922, § 9101;
  • C.S.1929, § 20-1631;
  • Laws 1939, c. 18, § 16, p. 107;
  • C.S.Supp.,1941, § 20-1631;
  • R.S.1943, § 25-1631;
  • Laws 1953, c. 72, § 10(4), p. 231;
  • Laws 1979, LB 234, § 10;
  • R.S.1943, (2016), § 25-1631.03;
  • Laws 2020, LB387, § 20.

Annotations

  • Objection to jury panel on ground there were not 24 jurors for each judge was not sustained. Bell v. State, 159 Neb. 474, 67 N.W.2d 762 (1954).