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RSA 606:3 · Challenges; Defendant

Title
LIX: PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter
606 · TRIAL
Status
current
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606:3 Challenges; Defendant. – Every person arraigned and put on trial for an offense may, in addition to challenges for cause or unless he stands wilfully mute, peremptorily challenge:

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I.

20 jurors for capital murder.

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II.

15 jurors for murder in the first degree.

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III.

3 jurors in any other case. Source. RS 225:5. CS 240:7. 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9. 1919, 40:1. PL 368:11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3. 1974, 34:5. 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

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Source. RS 225:5. CS 240:7. 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9. 1919, 40:1. PL 368:11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3. 1974, 34:5. 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

Source history

  • 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9
  • 1919, 40:1. PL 368:11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3
  • 1974, 34:5
  • 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994
  • RS 225:5. CS 240:7

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