8.01-353 - Notice to jurors; making copy of jury panel available to counsel; objection to notice.
§ 8.01-353. Notice to jurors; making copy of jury panel available to counsel;objection to notice.
A. The sheriff shall notify the jurors on the list, or such number of them asthe judge may direct to appear in court on such day as the court may direct.Such notice shall be given a juror as provided by § 8.01-298. Verbaldirection given by the judge, or at his direction, to a juror who has beengiven notice as hereinbefore provided that he appear at a later specifieddate, shall be a sufficient notice. Any notice given as provided herein shallhave the effect of an order of court. No particular time in advance of therequired appearance date shall be necessary for verbal notice hereunder, butthe court may, in its discretion, excuse from service a juror who claims lackof sufficient notice. Upon request, the clerk or sheriff or other officerresponsible for notifying jurors to appear in court for the trial of a caseshall make available to all counsel of record in that case, a copy of thejury panel to be used for the trial of the case at least three full businessdays before the trial. Such copy of the jury panel shall show the name, age,address, occupation and employer of each person on the panel. Any error inthe information shown on such copy of the jury panel shall not be grounds fora mistrial or assignable as error on appeal, and the parties in the caseshall be responsible for verifying the accuracy of such information.
B. No judgment shall be arrested or reversed for the failure of the record toshow that there was service upon a juror of notice to appear in court unlessmade a ground of exception in the trial before the jury is sworn.
(Code 1950, § 8-208.16; 1973, c. 439; 1974, c. 243; 1976, c. 261; 1977, c.617; 1980, c. 452; 1981, c. 150; 1988, c. 350; 2010, c. 799.)