Colorado § 13-71-120 - Length of juror service.
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§ 13-71-120. Length of juror service.
Trial juror service shall be for a one-day term unless a juror is assigned to or impaneled on an incompleted trial when the one-day term ends, or unless the court orders otherwise. Nothing shall prevent a trial juror from serving on more than one jury or participating in more than one trial during the term; except that a trial juror whose deliberation ended with a verdict shall not be required to participate in a second trial even though the juror may not have completed the first day of juror service at the time of the commencement of the second trial. Jurors awaiting assignment to a trial shall be discharged as early as possible after it has been determined that their services will not be needed. Grand juror service shall be for a term of twelve months unless the court discharges the jurors earlier or enlarges such term upon a finding that the efficient administration of justice so requires; except that in no event shall a grand jury serve for longer than eighteen months.
Source: L. 89: Entire article R&RE, p. 769, § 1, effective January 1, 1990. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 54, § 1, effective March 15.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 13-71-116 as it existed prior to 1989.
ANNOTATION
Section not violated when same jury renders multiple verdicts in a bifurcated trial. Unlike severance, which results in multiple trials and entry of multiple judgments, bifurcation results in a single trial divided into phases and entry of a single judgment. The jurors who deliberated during the first phase of the bifurcated trial did not participate in a second trial in violation of this section by rendering a verdict in the second phase of the bifurcated trial. People v. Barajas, 2021 COA 98, 497 P.3d 1078.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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