Jury Selection

• Author: Steve Coughlan/Alex Gorlewski
• Pages: 302-308

302 The Trial Process / Jury Selection

3.2(a) Jury Selection

Is there a challenge

to the panel?1

Yes

No

Exemptions sought from trial judge —

some jurors excused or made to stand by3

Individual

juror called:

challenged

for cause?4

Persuade judge of basis

for challenge in s 638?5

Triers find

challenge true?6

Peremptory challenge?7

Jury panel

exhausted,

including

stand-bys?9

Summon

talesmen10

No

Yes

Swear juror

Have twelve

jurors been

selected

(or more

if ordered)?8

Jury selection

completed

No

No

Yes Yes

Yes

Does the challenge

succeed?2

Summon a new panel

Yes

Yes

No

Juror excused

No

Yes

No

No