Six jurors will be selected to sit on a misdemeanor jury panel.
Six for a misdemeanor, 12 for a felony.
Individual state laws determine how many jurors usually sit on trials. Felonies usually get 12 jurors, Misdemeanor juries can have as few as 7.
Many-most states have provisions whereby 'majority' verdicts are acceptable in minor (misdemeanor or traffic) trials, or they allow for juries of less than 12 jurors. Most(all?) still require full 12 member juries to hear felony cases.
If this was meant to be a math puzzle question then you don't know anything about picking juries. There's only ONE way of picking juries REGARDLESS of how many jurors are to be chosen. Picking jurors bears NO resemblance to a numbers game.
six jurors and two alternates. Only six go to deliberations, if it gets that far.
12They are chosen randomAdded: They ARE all chosen at random - but that was not the question.The number of jurors hearing a specific type of trial can vary greatly depending on the state and the court system involved. Some states require as few as 7 jurors for some criminal and/or civil trials while others will vary from that number up to 12 jurors for serious offenses and capital crimes.
If you are referring to serving as a juror: There are really only two types of courts - Criminal court (both Misdemeanor trials and Felony Trials) and Civil Court and potential jurors are chosen from the same pool.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," African Americans are not allowed to serve on juries in Alabama during that time period. The exclusion of African Americans from juries was a common practice in many Southern states at that time.
Unanimous. Sidenote: In many states, in 'lesser' cases, not all juries consist of 12 jurors
Few civil trials actually go to court, but when they do, many require only six jurors. Civil cases that do go to court usually involve:Large sums of moneySeveral people, like a class action lawsuitHigh profile individualsBelow is an article that goes into more detail on civil trial juries.
Varying lengths of time based on state laws. If selected for a jury, they serve until a verdict is reached.
It depends on the crime that is being tried. On misdemeanor offenses it can be only a majority of the jurors. In capital offenses if must be unanimous. ,