DALLAS COUNTY (TX) JURY UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM - YEAR-END REPORT, 1977

• NCJ Number: 55552
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 30 pages
• Corporate Author: Philip M Seib Associates
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS SUMMARY COVERS THE PERIOD FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER 1977, AND GIVES STATISTICS ON JUROR UTILIZATION, A DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES IN JUROR MANAGEMENT, AND BUDGET DATA. IT IS ESTIMATED THE PROJECT HAS SAVED $45,000.

Abstract

THIS DALLAS COUNTY, TEX., REPORT USING CHARTS SHOWS THE PROPORTION OF THOSE SUMMONED WHO SERVED ON JURIES, THE NUMBER OF PANELS DISPATCHED EACH MONTH WITH THE NUMBER OF JURIES SELECTED FROM THOSE PANELS, NUMBER OF DAYS SERVED PER JUROR, NUMBER OF JURORS CALLED WHO DO NOT SERVE (WHICH SHOWS A DISTINCT 'SUMMER SLUMP' IN JUROR AVAILABILITY), AND NUMBER OF JURY TRIALS PER MONTH. THESE FIGURES SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SUMMONED IN 1977 INCREASED BY 15,000 WHILE THE NUMBER ACTUALLY SERVING ROSE BY ALMOST 2,000 PERSONS. YET JUROR FEES WERE REDUCED BY $30,000 DUE TO BETTER UTILIZATION. THE COST PER PANEL HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT $20 FOR A TOTAL SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY OF ABOUT $45,000. CHARTS AND GRAPHS ARE USED. (GLR)