Strike for cause, the Glossary
Strike for cause (also referred to as challenge for cause or removal for cause) is a method of eliminating potential members from a jury panel in the United States.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Batson v. Kentucky, Jury, Jury selection, Peremptory challenge, Voir dire.
- Juries
Batson v. Kentucky
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge in a criminal case—the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so—may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.
See Strike for cause and Batson v. Kentucky
Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Strike for cause and jury are Juries.
Jury selection
Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. Strike for cause and jury selection are Juries.
See Strike for cause and Jury selection
Peremptory challenge
The right of peremptory challenge is a legal right in jury selection for the attorneys to reject a certain number of potential jurors or judges without stating a reason. Strike for cause and peremptory challenge are Juries.
See Strike for cause and Peremptory challenge
Voir dire
Voir dire (often; from an Anglo-Norman term in common law meaning "to speak the truth") is a legal term for procedures during a trial that help a judge decide certain issues. Strike for cause and Voir dire are Civil procedure, criminal procedure and Juries.
See Strike for cause and Voir dire
See also
Juries
- Citizens' assembly
- Coroner's jury
- Deliberation
- Erlinger v. United States
- Grand juries in the United States
- Grand jury
- Hung jury
- Innominate jury
- Inquest
- Juries Act 1825
- Juries in the United States
- Juror misconduct
- Juror's oath
- Jury
- Jury duty
- Jury fees
- Jury instructions
- Jury nullification
- Jury questionnaire
- Jury research
- Jury selection
- Jury sequestration
- Jury system in Hong Kong
- Jury tampering
- Jury trial
- Lay judges in Japan
- Lay judges in Taiwan
- Ostrich instruction
- Peer jury process
- Peremptory challenge
- Petit jury
- R v Pan; R v Sawyer
- R v Shein
- R v Turpin
- R v Wanhalla
- Scientific jury selection
- Special jury
- Stealth juror
- Strike for cause
- Struck jury
- Summary jury trial
- Voir dire
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_for_cause
Also known as Challenge for cause, Challenges for favor, Removal For Cause.