Rowe v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““When that panel is exhausted, the trial judge may, in a criminal case, fill the vacancies either by drawing from the drum or by having bystanders summoned by the sheriff. In this case he could have drawn two names from the drum, or he could have directed the sheriff to summon two bystanders and there could have been no objection. In order to prevent unnecessary delay in completing the jury, he drew twelve names from the wheel. There is no provision in the Statutes requiring these names to be placed in a box and drawn by the clerk. In many cases a large number of names are drawn from the wheel, and, if the court should be required to wait until all had been summoned and had appeared before proceeding with the trial, unnecessary delay would result.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brock v. Commonwealth