Bill Text: MI HB5027 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts: juries; jury selection for circuit court; modify. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 1321a.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-26 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/26/2019 [HB5027 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5027-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5027
September 25, 2019, Introduced by Reps.
LaGrand, Gay-Dagnogo, Garrett, Cynthia Johnson, Yancey, Inman, Peterson,
Hood, Cambensy, Stone, Greig, Tyrone Carter, Hertel, Hope, Bolden,
Lasinski, Sneller, Rabhi and Jones and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 1321a.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1321a. A jury trial in a circuit court for a criminal case or other cause of action that occurred within the geographical area of a district of the second or third class must be before a jury of citizens who are residents of a political subdivision within that geographical area and are selected from a list segregated under section 1321.
