NCJ Number
34295
Journal
Oklahoma Law Review Volume: 29 Issue: 1 Dated: (WINTER 1976) Pages: 65-109
Date Published
1976
Length
45 pages
Annotation
THE JUROR UTILIZATION PRACTICES IN THREE COURTS WERE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE HOW WELL THESE COURTS MAKE USE OF THEIR JURORS' TIME AND HOW WELL THEIR PRACTICES COMPARE TO PRACTICES THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE EFFICIENT.
Abstract
AFTER PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE BENEFITS OF EFFICIENT JUROR UTILIZATION AND THE STATE OF THE ART IN JUROR UTILIZATION STUDIES, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES UNDERTAKEN IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, THE TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, AND THE CLEVELAND COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. EACH OF THESE COURTS WAS OBSERVED AND DATA WAS GATHERED FOR ONE JURY TERM. JUROR TIME USE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED BY MEANS OF FOUR FORMS: A JUROR TIME SHEET, A JURY PANEL UTILIZATION DATA FORM. A JURY POOL STATUS AND TRANSACTIONS FORM, AND A QUESTIONNAIRE OF JURORS' OPINIONS ON JURY SERVICE AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE RESULTS OF EACH COURT STUDY ARE REPORTED SEPARETELY. FOR EACH COURT, THE AUTHOR INDICATES ANY UNIQUE OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THE COURT; STATISTICS ON JUROR ATTENDANCE, CASELOADS, AND VOIR DIRE PANELS; THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL MEASURES OF JUROR UTILIZATION; THE EXTENT TO WHICH EFFICIENT JUROR UTILIZATION PRACTICES ARE EMPLOYED IN THE COURT; AND THE RESULTS OF THE JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)