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Minn. Stat. § 593.32

PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION.

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Weatherspoon (1994)

Most recently applied in State v. Berrios (August 2010)

1977 c 286 s 2; 1992 c 453 s 1; 2013 c 90 s 1

Subdivision 1. Prohibition.

A citizen shall not be excluded from jury service in this state on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, economic status, marital status, sexual orientation, or a physical or sensory disability.

Subd. 2. Certain challenges for cause.

Nothing in subdivision 1 restricts the right to strike an individual from being impaneled on a jury for cause based on a showing that a physical or sensory disability will impair the juror's ability to try a particular case.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.