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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 216

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 216

(a) At each court facility where jury cases are heard, the court shall provide a deliberation room or rooms for use of jurors when they have retired for deliberation. The deliberation rooms shall be designed to minimize unwarranted intrusions by other persons in the court facilit

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 217

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 217

In criminal cases only, while the jury is kept together, either during the progress of the trial or after their retirement for deliberation, the court may direct the sheriff or marshal to provide the jury with suitable and sufficient food and lodging, or other reasonable necessit

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 218

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 218

The jury commissioner shall hear the excuses of jurors summoned, in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Judicial Council. It shall be left to the discretion of the jury commissioner to accept an excuse under subdivision (b) of Section 204 without a personal appearance

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 219

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 219

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury commissioner shall randomly select jurors for jury panels to be sent to courtrooms for voir dire. (b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), no peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, and subd

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 219.5

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 219.5

The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court, on or before January 1, 2005, requiring the trial courts to establish procedures for jury service that gives peace officers, as defined by Section 830.5 of the Penal Code, scheduling accommodations when necessary.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 22

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 22

An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the declaration, enforcement, or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 220

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 220

A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of 12 or any number less than 12, upon which the parties may agree.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 222

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 222

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an action is called for trial by jury, the clerk shall randomly select the names of the jurors for voir dire, until the jury is selected or the panel is exhausted. (b) When the jury commissioner has provided the court with a listing

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 222.5

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 222.5

(a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a civil jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. At the final status conference or at the first practical opportunity prior to voir dire, whichever comes first, the trial judge shall conside

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 223

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 223

(a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a criminal jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. At the first practical opportunity prior to voir dire, the trial judge shall consider the form and subject matter of voir dire questions.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 224

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 224

(a) If a party does not cause the removal by challenge of an individual juror who is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or speech impaired and who requires auxiliary services to facilitate communication, the party shall stipulate to the presence of a service provide

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 225

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 225

A challenge is an objection made to the trial jurors that may be taken by any party to the action, and is of the following classes and types: (a) A challenge to the trial jury panel for cause. (1) A challenge to the panel may only be taken before a trial jury is sworn. The challe

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 226

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 226

(a) A challenge to an individual juror may only be made before the jury is sworn. (b) A challenge to an individual juror may be taken orally or may be made in writing, but no reason need be given for a peremptory challenge, and the court shall exclude any juror challenged perempt

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 227

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 227

The challenges of either party for cause need not all be taken at once, but they may be taken separately, in the following order, including in each challenge all the causes of challenge belonging to the same class and type: (a) To the panel. (b) To an individual juror, for a gene

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 228

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 228

Challenges for general disqualification may be taken on one or both of the following grounds, and for no other: (a) A want of any of the qualifications prescribed by this code to render a person competent as a juror. (b) The existence of any incapacity which satisfies the court t

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 229

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 229

A challenge for implied bias may be taken for one or more of the following causes, and for no other: (a) Consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree to any party, to an officer of a corporation which is a party, or to any alleged witness or victim in the case at bar. (b) S

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 23

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 23

Every other remedy is a special proceeding.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 230

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 230

Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness in the trial of the challenge, and shall truthfully answer all questions propounded to them.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231

(a) In criminal cases, if the offense charged is punishable with death, or with imprisonment in the state prison for life, the defendant is entitled to 20 and the people to 20 peremptory challenges. Except as provided in subdivision (b), in a trial for any other offense, the defe

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231.5

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231.5

A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231.7

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 231.7

(a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective juror’s race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation, or the perceived membership of the prospective juror in

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 232

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 232

(a) Prior to the examination of prospective trial jurors in the panel assigned for voir dire, the following perjury acknowledgment and agreement shall be obtained from the panel, which shall be acknowledged by the prospective jurors with the statement “I do”: “Do you understand a

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 233

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 233

If, before the jury has returned its verdict to the court, a juror becomes sick or, upon other good cause shown to the court, is found to be unable to perform his or her duty, the court may order the juror to be discharged. If any alternate jurors have been selected as provided b

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 234

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 234

Whenever, in the opinion of a judge of a superior court about to try a civil or criminal action or proceeding, the trial is likely to be a protracted one, or upon stipulation of the parties, the court may cause an entry to that effect to be made in the minutes of the court and th

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 235

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 235

At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, the jury commissioner shall provide such prospective jurors as may be required to form a jury of inquest. Prospective jurors so provided shall be selected, obligated, and compensated in the same manner as other