As used in these rules, the following are defined as:
(i) "Statewide Master Jury List" means a statewide master jury list compiled and maintained by the Supreme Court using the Supreme Court's jury platform.(ii) "County Master Jury List" means a master jury list by county, whether created by an individual county or divided from the statewide master jury list.(iii) "Term of Service Panel" means a list of unduplicated names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors drawn at random by the jury commissioner from the county master jury list to potentially serve as a trial or grand juror in a specific county for a specified term of service. The Administrative District Judge shall determine the term of service for a term of service panel for each county.
(iv) "Qualified prospective juror" means a person drawn from a term of service panel who was not subsequently disqualified following the juror qualification process.(v) "Qualified Jury Panel" means a list of names or identifying numbers of all qualified prospective jurors (grand jurors or trial jurors) for a designated term of service.(vi) "Trial/Grand Jury Panel" is the list of names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors drawn at random from the qualified jury panel when a grand jury has been ordered and/or any action is called for trial by jury, from which panel(s) of jurors are selected. The entire panel may be divided into two (2) or more panels and thereafter re-divided or combined for jury trials or a grand jury in such manner as prescribed by the Administrative District Judge for the trial of individual cases or a grand jury. The term of service for grand jury panels and trial jury panels may be different.
(vii) "One step method" means qualifying and summoning prospective jurors by serving the juror qualification questionnaire to prospective jurors together with a summons or summons letter for jury service.(viii) "Two step method" means qualifying prospective jurors by first serving the juror qualification form to prospective jurors, and then separately summoning prospective jurors by serving a summons or summons letter for jury service.Adopted December 2, 2015, effective 7/1/2016; amended November 17, 2021, effective 1/1/2022.