{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-52-1-9","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 52-1-9","heading":"Assignment of jurors to jury panels; drawing of additional jurors upon shortage of qualified jurors.","body":"(a) The jurors drawn for jury service shall be assigned at random by the clerk to each jury panel in a manner prescribed by the court.\n(b) If there is an unanticipated shortage of available petit jurors drawn from the jury wheel the court may require the sheriff to summon a sufficient number of petit jurors selected at random by the clerk from the jury wheel in a manner prescribed by the circuit court.\n(c) If there is an unanticipated shortage of available grand or petit jurors, qualified jurors that have not yet served on a jury in the current term may be used to replace needed jurors.","path":["CHAPTER 52. JURIES.","ARTICLE 1. PETIT JURIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/52-1-9/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:50Z","sha256":"96115a7cbeb8568b391a9e1703e4d71770ac78358f4d4013e1a98458e3d02dae","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-52-1-8","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-52-1-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}