How are Grand Jury Members selected?
Each year the Superior Court solicits applications for volunteers to serve on the Grand Jury. All applicants are screened and background checked. A committee of Superior Court judges interviews applicants to discuss their interests, qualifications and the duties they will be expected to undertake. In the spring there is a drawing by the Clerk of the Court , which reduces the list of prospective jurors to the thirty people who will be in the final draw. The law provides that the presiding judge may hold over as many as ten members from the previous grand jury to be included in the total of nineteen jurors. Alternates may be selected to replace any juror unable to complete a full term. The final nineteen are chosen by drawing at the end of June of each year and serve a one year term (July 1 through June 30). Some jurors may be held over from the prior year’s jury. The new Grand Jury is then sworn and instructed. Those names not drawn may remain as Grand Jury alternates to fill any vacanc
Each year the Superior Court solicits applications for volunteers to serve on the Grand Jury. All applicants are screened and background checked. A committee of Superior Court judges interviews applicants to discuss their interests, qualifications and the duties they will be expected to undertake. In the spring there is a drawing by the Clerk of the Court , which reduces the list of prospective jurors to the thirty people who will be in the final draw.
