Connecticut General Statutes 51-219b – How to determine number of jurors to be summoned
(a) In determining the number of jurors to be summoned for jury duty at a court location, the following factors, as well as any other factors which may be relevant, shall be considered: The number of judges assigned to jury trials at the court location; the types of cases that will come to trial during the period of time for which the panel will be summoned; the experience of the court location in regard to the number of jurors who actually serve in relation to the number of jurors who are summoned for service; and the experience of the court location in regard to the number of jurors required in the juror pool in order to insure that judicial affairs will be reasonably conducted without delay.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 51-219b
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Clerks of court shall keep and furnish any records and data which the Jury Administrator requires in order to determine whether jurors are being effectively utilized.
(c) For the purpose of analyzing whether the number of prospective jurors required by section 51-220 is suitable, at such times as the Jury Administrator deems necessary, each chief clerk of the Superior Court shall notify the Jury Administrator in writing of (1) the estimated number of prospective jurors who will be needed to serve at such particular court location or locations during the year commencing the first of the next succeeding September, and (2) the towns from which the prospective jurors shall be drawn.