Delaware Code
Chapter 45. JURY SELECTION AND SERVICE
§ 4507. Jury selection plan.

(a) The Court shall adopt a jury selection plan to carry out the policy and the provisions of this chapter. The Court may adopt separate plans and varying regulations for each county and for grand, petit and special juries, and may amend a plan at any time. The plan shall provide standards and methods for the selection and service of jurors, including but not necessarily limited to the following:

(1) The duties of clerks and the court administrator or other employees of the Court;
(2) The composition of source lists, including whether voter registration lists shall be supplemented with names from other sources;
(3) The selection of names for master lists;
(4) The content of the juror qualification form;
(5) The groups of persons or occupational classes whose members shall be excused from jury service upon request;
(6) The disqualification, excuse and exclusion of prospective jurors;
(7) The maintenance of qualified jury wheels, including the maximum time that the names of prospective jurors shall remain in a qualified jury wheel and the minimum number of names to be contained therein;
(8) The assignment of persons to grand, petit and special jury panels, or to courts other than Superior Court;
(9) The length of jury service;
(10) The compilation, disclosure and preservation of records used in the selection process.
(b) Persons having custody, possession or control of any list, record or other information required for use in the jury selection process shall supply it or make it available to the Court for inspection, reproduction and copying at all reasonable times, and persons having responsibility for devising or operating data processing systems or computer programs for the State shall certify that any such system or program complies with the jury selection plan when required by the Court. The Court may compel compliance with this subsection by appropriate process.

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