TRIAL BY JURY, CHAPTER 15 - 2ND ED. - TENTATIVE DRAFT

• NCJ Number: 48428
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 77 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77-DF-99-0012
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Annotation

THE WAIVER OF A JURY TRIAL, SELECTION OF JURORS, SPECIAL PROCEDURES DURING JURY TRIAL, JURY DELIBERATIONS AND VERDICTS, AND PRECAUTIONS AGAINST JURY TAMPERING ARE COVERED IN THESE DRAFT STANDARDS.

Abstract

BOTH SUBSTANTIVE AND MINOR CHANGES FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S 'STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE' ARE FOUND IN THESE DRAFT STANDARDS RELATING TO JURIES. THE MAJOR REVISIONS REFLECT JUDICIAL DECISIONS HANDED DOWN SINCE PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL STANDARDS (1968-1973). EACH STANDARD IS FOLLOWED BY A SECTION DETAILING CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST EDITION, A LIST OF RELATED NATIONAL STANDARDS, AND AN EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY. THE COMMENTARIES ARE HEAVILY FOOTNOTED. MAJOR CHANGES INCLUDE LIMITING JURIES OF LESS THAN 12 MEMBERS TO PETTY OFFENSES AND REQUIRING A 6-MEMBER MINIMUM JURY SIZE, PROVISIONS COVERING WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL, AND A PROVISION WHICH ALLOWS THE DEFENDANT TO WAIVE A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. THE SECTIONS ON JURY SELECTION AND EXAMINATION HAVE BEEN REVISED TO INCORPORATE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TRIAL COURT STANDARDS. MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE SECTIONS ON PROCEDURE DURING A JURY TRIAL. (GLR)