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Jury Trial For Civil Cases In Arizona
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Random Juror Selection Process The list of names that is used to call people for jury service is created by combining the County's voter registration list and Arizona Department of Transportation records. Names are randomly selected from that master list by a computer program.
Arizona Law Sets Jury Size Based on Potential Sentencing Under Arizona law, a 12-person jury is required only when the accused faces a sentence of at least 30 years. For all other felony cases, the court may empanel 8 jurors unless otherwise mandated by statute.
For superior court civil cases , there are eight people on the jury; the agreement of six members is required to return a verdict. In limited jurisdiction courts, there are six-member juries.
618. When the jury, or three-fourths of them, have agreed upon a verdict, they must be conducted into court and the verdict rendered by their foreperson. The verdict must be in writing, signed by the foreperson, and must be read to the jury by the clerk, and the inquiry made whether it is their verdict.
Statute requires that a jury for trial in any court of record of a civil case consist of eight persons, and that a minimum of all but two jurors concur to render a verdict (A.R.S. § 21-102). The Arizona Constitution requires each county to have a presiding judge of the superior court.