Hawaii Revised Statutes 612-22 – Trial jurors subject to one year of service; one day or one trial requirement
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 612-22
- Court: means the circuit and district courts of this State, and includes, when the context requires, any judge of the court. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 612-3
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Jury wheel: means any physical device or electronic system for the storage of the names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 612-3
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."
The persons whose names are placed on the certified lists of prospective trial jurors filed by the clerk shall be subject to service for one year from and after January 1 and until the filing of new certified lists; provided that trial jurors shall serve only one day or one trial during the year. Prospective jurors who are challenged at voir dire and excused, excused for cause, summoned but not called to a courtroom, or called to a courtroom but later excused shall return to the juror pool to await reassignment to another trial. Prospective jurors in the juror pool awaiting reassignment to another trial shall be discharged after it has been determined that their services will not be needed. Prospective jurors who are discharged from the juror pool shall be dismissed from service for the year; provided that prospective jurors who fail to appear as summoned may have their names placed in the qualified jury wheel for service in the ensuing jury year and where a request for deferment of service has been made and granted by the court, the period of time between the first date of summons to appear and the time that the prospective juror is next summoned for service may be tolled and may be applied to extend the eligibility of service if the prospective juror should not again be summoned or serve on an actual trial within the year. Prospective jurors who are accepted to serve on a jury shall complete the duration of the trial and shall be dismissed from service for the year.