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File #: CNCA-38    Version: 1 Name: TITLE 38 - JURORS
Type: Cherokee Nation Code Status: Passed
File created: 1/1/2014 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
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TITLE 38 - JURORS

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CHAPTER 1

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

§ 1. Limitations on who may serve on jury

 

No person who is related to either of the parties to any suit, either by consanguinity or affinity, nor any person who is interested in the termination of a suit, or who has previously served as juror in the trial of that case, shall serve as juror in that suit. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years, nor any person who has been convicted of any felony, nor who may be under punishment for misdemeanor, shall be summoned to serve on a jury in any case. And, no member of the legislative or executive departments, or any commissioned officer of this Nation shall be compelled to serve on any jury.

 

                     Library References

 

Indians <KEY>652.

 

Westlaw Topic No. 209.

 

C.J.S. Indians §§ 151 to 179.

 

§ 2. Inability of jury to reach verdict

 

If the jury shall disagree in any criminal case, the Presiding Judge shall require them to make known to him the cause of such disagreement, and if such disagreement, in whole or in part, shall be as to the meaning or the application of the law to the facts found by them, the Court shall instruct them thereon, in which case, the jury shall return to their deliberations, and continue the same until they agree, or the Judge is satisfied they cannot agree.

 

                     Library References

 

Indians <KEY>650.

 

Westlaw Topic No. 209.

 

C.J.S. Indians §§ 151 to 179.