“Coming” refers to the process of assembling potential jurors for a trial. Jurors are selected through public records, and are expected to appear in court for voir dire. The juror pool includes all summoned individuals, who must remain on call until selected or dismissed. In some cases, a questionnaire is used to screen out unsuitable jurors. Jurors are given directives to avoid discussing the case or seeking information about it before voir dire, and are expected to follow basic rules of conduct in court.
Coming is a legal term that refers both to an act ordering the assembly of a pool of prospective jurors, and to the pool of jurors itself. It comes from a Latin word meaning “to assemble,” which refers to the process of assembling potential jury members to determine if they’ll be suitable for a case. A closely related term, “venire de novo,” refers to a court order requiring the selection of a new set of prospective jurors for retrial in which a problem occurred.
In the case of a legal deed, the come is issued to request the selection of a pool of people for a trial. Jurors are usually selected through searches of public records, with notices sent to people registered to vote or hold driver’s licenses, depending on how a region handles the juror recruitment process. Some jurors respond to summons to disqualify themselves, while others are expected to appear in court on the appointed day to be questioned in a trial known as voir dire. In voir dire, lawyers find suitable jurors for a case and then prepare a jury.
Coming in the sense of a juror pool includes all summoned by the summons. Many courts have a jury room where people wait as they arrive in court. Jurors must remain on call until called per voir dire or fired. By recognizing this civic duty as an imposition, courts provide compensation for lost work and may even offer things like wireless Internet in court so people have something to do while they wait.
In some cases, juror pool members may be selected before being selected for voir dire. A sworn questionnaire can be used to quickly screen out people who can’t participate in a case, such as people who know the parties involved. In nations where the death penalty is used, jurors may also be selected to create a death-qualified come, meaning that every person in the potential pool of jurors is comfortable serving a case where a verdict of guilty can carry the death penalty.
Members of a come are usually given directives to avoid discussing the case or seeking information about it before voir dire. They are also typically asked to observe a dress code and some basic rules of conduct, including answering questions politely, complying with the orders of the judge or bailiffs, and using appropriate language in court.
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