M Civ JI 97.03 Challenges

During jury selection you may be excused from serving on the jury in one of two ways. First, I may excuse you for cause; that is, I may decide that there is a valid reason why you cannot or should not serve in this case. Second, a lawyer for one of the parties may excuse you without giving any reason for doing so. This is called a peremptory challenge. The law gives each party the right to excuse a certain number of jurors in this way. If you are excused, you should not feel bad or take it personally. As I explained before, there simply may be something that causes you to be excused from this particular case.

History

M Civ JI 97.03 was added March 2005.