Minnesota Statutes 593.19 – Misconduct of Officer Drawing Jury
An officer or other person charged by law with the preparation of any jury list, or list of names from which a jury is to be drawn, and a person authorized by law to assist at the drawing or impaneling of a grand or petit jury to attend a court or term of court, or to try any cause or issue, who:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 593.19
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
(1) places on a list a name at the request or solicitation, direct or indirect, of a person;
(2) purposely puts upon a list of jurors, as having been drawn, a name that was not lawfully drawn for that purpose;
(3) purposely omits to place on a list a name that was lawfully drawn;
(4) purposely signs or certifies a list of jurors as having been drawn, that was not lawfully drawn;
(5) purposely withdraws from the box or other receptacle for the ballots containing the names of the jurors any paper or ballot lawfully placed or belonging there, and containing the name of a person not lawfully drawn and designated as a juror; or
(6) in drawing or impaneling the jury, does an act that is partial, or improper in any other respect, is guilty of a misdemeanor.