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Okla. Stat. tit. 38, § 38-23.1: On-call system - Trailing docket system

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  2. Title 38

A. In those district courts in which an on-call system is

implemented by order of the chief judge of the district court, each

juror retained for services subject to call shall be required to

contact a center for information as to the time and place of his or

her next assignment.

B. For purposes of this section, “on-call system” means a

method whereby the chief judge of a district court summonses a jury

panel to serve as potential jurors on a specific case.

C. Pursuant to summons for service on petit juries in the

district court, each qualified, nonexempt juror is retained for

service subject to call and is assigned to a judge or a case.

D. In those districts in which an on-call system is implemented

by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no person shall be

required to render service as a juror for more than one (1) day in a

calendar year, unless he or she is selected to serve in a trial or

is under consideration to serve in a trial and such consideration

covers a period of two (2) or more days. Once selected, a juror

shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused

by the presiding judge.

E. In those districts in which a trailing docket system is

implemented by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no

person shall be required to render service as a juror for more than

five (5) days in a calendar year, unless he or she is selected to

serve in a trial or is under consideration to serve in a trial and

such consideration covers a period of five (5) or more days. Once

selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the

trial, unless excused by the presiding judge.

F. For purposes of this section “trailing docket system” means

a method whereby the chief judge of the district court summonses a

jury panel to serve for a fixed number of days to determine the

outcome of all cases on the docket in sequential order.

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