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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="8-404" title_number="8" title_name="Juries and Jurors" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Juries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 8–103(a) of this title, a trial judge may strike an individual who is party in a civil case while the individual is entitled to a jury trial in the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever more individuals than are needed to impanel a jury have been summoned, an individual may be excused but only in accordance with rule or other law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who is summoned for jury service may be struck from a particular jury only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>In accordance with rule or other law, by a party on peremptory challenge;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For good cause shown, by a trial judge on a challenge by a party; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, by a trial judge who finds that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The individual may be unable to render impartial jury service;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The individual’s service likely would disrupt the proceeding; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The individual’s service may threaten the secrecy of a proceeding or otherwise affect the integrity of the jury deliberations adversely.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A trial judge may not strike an individual under paragraph (2)(iii)3 of this subsection, unless the judge states on the record:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Each reason for the strike; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A finding that the strike is warranted and not inconsistent with §§ 8–102(a) and (b) and 8–104 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An individual struck under this subsection may serve on another jury for which the basis for the strike is irrelevant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
