State and
Source of Information |
Number of Jurors |
| ALABAMA:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 12.2(a) |
18 |
| ALASKA: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 6(d) |
12-18 |
| ARIZONA:
REVISED STATUTES '21-322(B) |
12-16 |
| ARKANSAS: CODE
'16-32-201(c) |
16 |
| CALIFORNIA:
PENAL CODE ''888 & 88.2 |
23 or 11 or 19 |
| COLORADO:
REVISED STATUTES '13-72-102 |
12 or 23 |
| CONNECTICUT:
GENERAL STATUTES '54-47(b)(3) |
1-3 |
| DELAWARE: CODE
tit. 10 '4505 |
10 or 15 |
| D.C.: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 6(a)(1) |
16-23 |
| FLORIDA:
STATUTES ''905.01(1) & 905.37(3) |
15-18 |
| GEORGIA: CODE
'15-12-61(a) & '15-12-100(b) |
16-23 |
| HAWAII: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 6(a) |
16 |
| IDAHO: CODE
''2-103 & 2-502 |
16 |
| ILLINOIS:
REVISED STATUTES ch. 705 &305/16 |
16 |
| INDIANA:
CODE '35-34-2-2(a) |
6 |
| IOWA: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 3(1) |
7 |
| KANSAS:
STATUTES '22-3001(3) |
15 |
| KENTUCKY:
REVISED STATUTES '29A.200 |
12 |
| LOUISIANA:
CRIMNAL PROCEDURE CODE 413A |
12 |
| MAINE: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 6(a) |
13-23 |
| MARYLAND:
Atty. Grievance Com'n v. Bailey, 285 Md. 631, 403 A.2d 1261 (Md. App. 1979) |
23 |
| MASSACHUSETTS:
GENERAL LAWS ch. 277 '2 |
23 |
| MICHIGAN:
COMPILED LAWS '767.11 |
13-17 |
| MINNESOTA:
STATUTES '628.41(1) |
16-23 |
| MISSISSIPPI:
CODE '13-5-41 |
15-20 |
| MISSOURI:
CONSTITUTION art. I '16 |
12 |
| MONTANA: CODE
3-15-103 |
11 |
| NEBRASKA:
STATUTES '25-1633 |
16 |
| NEVADA: REVISED
STATUTES ''6.110 & 6.120 |
17 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE:
State v. Fleury, 114 N.H. 325, 321 A.2d 108 (N.H. 1974) |
23 |
| NEW JERSEY:
STATUTES '2A:73-1 |
23 |
| NEW MEXICO:
STATUTES '31-6-1 |
12 |
| NEW YORK:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW '190.05 |
16-23 |
| NORTH CAROLINA:
GENERAL STATUTES '15A-621 |
12-18 |
| NORTH DAKOTA:
CODE ''29-10.1-01; 29-10.2-03 |
8-11 |
| OHIO: CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE RULE 6(A) |
9 |
| OKLAHOMA:
STATUTES tit. 22 '311 |
12 |
| OREGON: REVISED
STATUTES '132.010 |
7 |
| PENNSYLVANIA:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 253(a) |
23 |
| RHODE ISLAND:
GENERAL LAWS ''12-11-1 & 12-11.1-1 |
13-23 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA:
CODE ''14-7-1510 & 14-7-1620 |
18 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA:
CODIFIED LAWS '23A-5-1 |
6-10 |
| TENNESSEE:
CODE '40-12-206(a) |
13 |
| TEXAS:
CONSTITUTION art. v '13 |
12 |
| UTAH: CODE
'77-10a-4(1) |
9-15 |
| VERMONT:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 6(a) |
18-23 |
| VIRGINIA: CODE
'19.2-195 |
5 or 7 |
| WASHINGTON:
REVISED CODE '10.27.020(6) |
12 |
| WEST VIRGINIA:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 6(a) |
16 |
| WISCONSIN:
STATUTES '756.10(5) |
17 |
| WYOMING:
STATUTES '7-5-103(a) |
12 |
In the federal system, a grand jury consists
of between 16 and 23 people. The size of state grand juries varies widely, as the list
below shows. If a state follows federal practice and convenes grand juries that range in
size between two numbers--such as between 12 and 18 jurors--the list indicates this by
noting that the size is "12-18 jurors." If a state uses a different number of
jurors for different kinds of grand juries, the list indicates this by noting that the
size can be "23 or 11 or 19" jurors. The last entry for each state is a citation
to the court rule, statute or, in a few instances, the case that sets the size of the
state's grand juries. 