Qualification of juror.
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons (2005)
Most recently applied in State Of Washington, V. Cody Terrell Wade (September 2023)
1988 c 188 s 7; 1975 1st ex.s. c 203 s 1; 1971 ex.s. c 292 s 3; 1911 c 57 s 1; RRS s 94
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A person shall be competent to serve as a juror in the state of Washington unless that person:
(1) Is less than eighteen years of age;
(2) Is not a citizen of the United States;
(3) Is not a resident of the county in which he or she has been summoned to serve;
(4) Is not able to communicate in the English language; or
(5) Has been convicted of a felony and has not had his or her civil rights restored.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.