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Code · U.S. Code · Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 121— JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY · § 1878

§ 1878. Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure

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(a)At the option of each district court, jurors may be summoned and qualified in a single procedure, if the court’s jury selection plan so authorizes, in lieu of the two separate procedures otherwise provided for by this chapter. Courts shall ensure that a one-step summoning and qualification procedure conducted under this section does not violate the policies and objectives set forth in sections 1861 and 1862 of this title.
(b)Jury selection conducted under this section shall be subject to challenge under section 1867 of this title for substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the jury. However, no challenge under section 1867 of this title shall lie solely on the basis that a jury was selected in accordance with a one-step summoning and qualification procedure authorized by this section.
(Added Pub. L. 100–702, title VIII, § 805(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4658; amended Pub. L. 102–572, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4512.)
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  • Pub. L. 100–702, title VIII, § 805(a)
  • 102 Stat. 4658
  • Pub. L. 102–572, title IV, § 403(a)
  • 106 Stat. 4512
  • Pub. L. 102–572
  • section 1101(a) of Pub. L. 102–572
  • Pub. L. 102–572, title IV, § 403(c)
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§ 1878
Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–702, title VIII, § 805(a)
Stat.102 Stat. 4658
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–572, title IV, § 403(a)
Stat.106 Stat. 4512
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–572
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