§ 9-9-1 Persons liable to service – Voting operator’s licenses, Rhode Island identification card, state income tax returns and unemployment compensation as evidence
§ 9-9-1.1 Qualifications of jurors
§ 9-9-1.2 Interpreters or readers for jury service
§ 9-9-2 Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited
§ 9-9-3 Persons exempt from service
§ 9-9-5 Jury commissioner – Term – Appointment and removal
§ 9-9-6 Vacancies in office of jury commissioner
§ 9-9-7 Assistants and expenses of office
§ 9-9-14.1 Selection of jurors by use of electronic data processing equipment
§ 9-9-14.2 Time of selections
§ 9-9-22 Period during which names drawn are liable to service as jurors
§ 9-9-23 Investigation of names drawn – Lists of persons well qualified to serve
§ 9-9-24 Appeals from jury commissioner
§ 9-9-25 Application to pending proceedings
§ 9-9-26 Appropriations – Expenses
§ 9-9-27 Retention of jury lists
§ 9-9-28 Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits
§ 9-9-29 Public transportation
§ 9-9-30 Promulgation of rules and regulations
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 9-9 - Jury Lists

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8