State v. Puente

By disqualifying people from jury service, based upon their professions, the jury commissioner did not specifically follow R. C. 2313.01 et seq. While R. C. 2313.12 authorizes commissioners of juries to exempt those who are statutorily entitled to exemption, a commissioner may do so only upon the request of the persons so entitled. Here, the commissioner would not place the names of those entitled to exemption in the jury wheel. Additionally, the commissioner compounded this shortcoming by not keeping a record of all proceedings before him, as required by R. C. 2313.12.

However, the failure…