MINNESOTA COURT RULES

GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE

Rule 813.Challenging Compliance with Selection Procedure

(a) A party may move to stay the proceedings, quash the indictment or for other appropriate relief, on the ground that these rules have not been complied with. Such motion should be made within seven days after the moving party discovers or should have discovered the grounds for the motion, and in any event before the petit jury is sworn to try the case.

(b) If a motion filed under (a) contains a sworn statement of facts which, if true, constitute a substantial failure to comply with these rules, the moving party is entitled to present the testimony of the jury commissioner, any relevant records and documents, and any other relevant evidence in support of the motion. If the court determines that there has been a substantial failure to comply with these rules in the selection of either a grand jury or a petit jury, the court shall stay the proceedings while a jury is selected in conformity with these rules.

(c) The procedures prescribed by this Rule are the exclusive means by which a party may challenge a jury on the grounds that the jury was not selected in conformity to these rules.

(Amended effective November 22, 2023.)

Advisory Committee Comment - 2023 Amendments

Rule 813(b) is updated in 2023 to substitute "documents" for "papers" in recognition of electronic records. The general reference to nonpublic information is removed as access to records is governed in Rule 814.