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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 2 - CIVIL PROCEDURE — CIRCUIT COURT
CHAPTER 500 - TRIAL
AMEND Rule 2-512 to change a certain provision concerning
the discharge of alternate jurors, to add a new section (d) that
provides for an advance questionnaire to be completed by
prospective jurors, to delete a certain phrase concerning the
identification of jurors, and to clarify that the jury foreperson
may be selected either by the court or by the jury, as follows:
Rule 2-512. JURY SELECTION
(a) Challenge to the Array
A party may challenge the array of jurors on the ground
that its members were not selected, drawn, or summoned according
to law or on any other ground that would disqualify the panel as
a whole. A challenge to the array shall be made and determined
before any individual juror from that array is examined, except
that the court for good cause may permit it to be made after the
jury is sworn but before any evidence is received.
(b) Alternate Jurors
(1) Generally
The court may direct that one or more jurors be called
and impanelled to sit as alternate jurors. Any juror who, before
the time the jury retires to consider its verdict, juror’s
service is completed, becomes or is found to be unable or
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