TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 20

CHALLENGING THE JURY

19-2018.  General causes of challenge. General causes of challenge are:

1.  A conviction of felony.

2.  A want of any of the qualifications prescribed by law to render a person a competent juror.

3.  Unsoundness of mind, or such defect in the faculties of the mind or organs of the body as render him incapable of performing the duties of a juror.

History:

[(19-2018) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 337, p. 252; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7832; C.S., sec. 8928; I.C.A., sec. 19-1918.]